As Alexander the Great arrives to conquer Persia, Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons, drawn by his powerful reputation and by the power of her goddess, journeys to meet the legendary conqueror from the West.
Judith Tarr returns to the always fascinating character of Alexander the Great in this fantasy novel that springs from the legend that the Queen of the Amazons came to meet him in Persia, and became his friend.
"After the events of Trial of the Amazons, a new era for these warriors has dawned.
The War Against the Amazons
When King Alexander returned to the Caspian Sea (330 B.C.) there came to him the queen of the Amazons named Thalestris, who ruled all the country between the rivers Phasis and Thermodon.
The novel, Amazon Nights, explores the question of, can a civilization of women (or men for that matter) exist without having some interaction with the other sex?
Explorers lost in the South American jungle learn a dark secret about a world they soon wish they could forget.
Serpot, ruler of a land where women live free, without men, leads her Amazon warriors in battle against Prince Pedikhons of Egypt, who has come to see for himself if women can equal men, even in battle.
When a fighter jet crashes on PARADISE ISLAND, young PRINCESS DIANA asks her mother, QUEEN HIPPOLYTA, for permission to enter the world of mortals.
Be they all dead, and laid in dolefull hearse? Or do they only sleep, and shall rise again reverse? Edmund Spenser Open the book and awaken them, turn the page and bring them back.