NOVELS: "Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield.

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Hi Guys,

I literally blew through "Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield. It took me just three days and was just as good as I remembered it from the first time I read it.

"Gates of Fire" is about the Battle of Thermopylae that took place in 480 BCE. In 480 BCE, a hand-picked force of three hundred Spartan warriors along with their auxilia and allied forces (Numbered around 5,000 combatants) took on the nearly two million troops of the Persion despot, Xerxes the Great, and brought the advance of the despot to a stop for nearly a week valiantly sacrificing their lives in an action which saved the Peloponesse (Greater Greece) and very likely saved democracy and modern society as we know it. Pressfield's prose is very engaging and he manages to bring the battles of history alive in a way that endears the protagonists to his reader and makes the reader want to learn more.

Amazon.com book reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553580531/ref=cm_rv_thx_view/002-6004016-9708810?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

"Gates of Fire" is a great book and I highly recommend it.

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

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