The author of the novel "The Gates of Fire" signs a captivating novel that brings to life the invasion of Alexander the Great in 330 BC. In the kingdoms that would later become Afghanistan.
Through the narration of Mathieu, a young infantry soldier in the army of Alexander the Great, "The Bloody Campaign" explores the challenges, military and ethical, faced by Alexander and his army as they confront an unprecedented form of warfare. An aggressive Western army, with humanistic ideals, clashes with the wild peoples of the East, who are determined to defend their homes at any cost. A young boy becomes a man amidst the horrors of war, experiences the joys and sorrows of love, confronts the horror of enemies and fellow soldiers, as well as his own...
A book that is read breathlessly, a dive into the nature and pathology of war, with the vehicle and guide being the last of men, the common soldier, his hope and despair, facing what we call historical necessity and circumstance...