Publisher's Synopsis
September 11aa strike force has been launched against one of western civilizationas great centers of culture and trade. Funded by the most powerful man in the Middle East and carried out by his trusted lieutenants, this attack is intended to bring an end to western democracya] This is not the attack on the Twin Towers or the Pentagon in the U.S., but the invasion of Europe by the Persian Empire in 490 B.C. On a narrow plain that sweeps down to the Bay of Marathon in Greece, citizens of the worldas first democracy will make a desperate stand against the greatest power of the ancient world.
