{"product_id":"the-ships-of-minos-2-paperback","title":"The Ships of Minos 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Alex\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA European best-selling historical adventure series since 1972, finally in English.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe next Minos raises his stone double-axe and strikes dead the sacrificial bull.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe priestesses of Great Mother, topless and wrapped in snakes, intone a hymn of praise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe assembled subjects join in a howl of ovation. Thus, the new ruler of Eternal Crete is enthroned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I love you,\" says the new Minos to his younger brother, \"but politics compels me not to trust you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Out of my love for you, I prefer not to kill you but to send you away to the ends of this earth to where the magical amber grows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It will be a long an dangerous journey from which you may never return and no one will know whither you have gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Some may think this a terrible fate, but others may note that you have preserved your life and I have preserved my kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"And they shall praise my wisdom.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhitehair, the Trojan hero of the series, enters the service of Vidvoyos, the younger brother of the new Minos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fateful decision will take him to the very edge of the world, where wild men sacrifice their kings and build stone circles in praise of the sun and where water turns to stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpen the double doors of the horizon, unlock its bronze bolts: Pick up your copy today!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755108172064,"sku":"9782919820191","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f895d7a323ba8f7ba580d39385a3f2c2_f236c1f5-e308-46c9-8942-6d0523264226.webp?v=1780050549","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-ships-of-minos-2-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}