Blind Gods - Adler, Jack
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Spears fly like thunderbolts from the gods. King Agis of Sparta wakes from a vision that shakes his soul-and propels him into a battle off the battlefield. Barely nineteen, Agis dares to challenge the corrupt order that has hollowed out his city. He vows to cancel debts, redistribute land, and restore the fierce equality that once made Sparta great. But enemies close in: the ephors who hold the reins of power, nobles who cling to wealth, and even his co-king Leonidas, hardened by Persian luxury. In a city where betrayal lurks behind every oath, Agis must fight not only for reform but for…mehr

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Spears fly like thunderbolts from the gods. King Agis of Sparta wakes from a vision that shakes his soul-and propels him into a battle off the battlefield. Barely nineteen, Agis dares to challenge the corrupt order that has hollowed out his city. He vows to cancel debts, redistribute land, and restore the fierce equality that once made Sparta great. But enemies close in: the ephors who hold the reins of power, nobles who cling to wealth, and even his co-king Leonidas, hardened by Persian luxury. In a city where betrayal lurks behind every oath, Agis must fight not only for reform but for survival. Will his dream herald Sparta's rebirth-or his own downfall? Step into ancient Sparta's intrigue and tragedy in Blind Gods, a sweeping tale of ambition, sacrifice, and the high cost of vision.
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Jack was raised in Brooklyn. When he was 14 years old, one of his uncles took him to Aqueduct Race Track and thus commenced Jack's lifelong love affair with the Sport of Kings. Searching for winners has been Jack's white whale. Jack graduated college in '66. Summers, in college, he worked as a hot walker at Belmont. After receiving his Master's in Cultural Anthropology, Jack spent the next few years abroad, studying for his Ph.D. at a British University. Two of those four years were spent doing field work in Ste. Luce, a fishing village on Martinique's North East coast. Eventually, Jack became disenchanted with academia, whereupon he migrated to Wall Street, where he found that his grandmother was correct when she told him, "Rich or poor, it's good to have money." He retired in '98. Jack lives in a gated community in New Jersey. He spends his time golfing, reading, hanging out at the racetrack, and enjoying time with his family: his lovely wife of 54 years, his three children, their spouses, and what to date are his five grandchildren.