{"product_id":"arcadian-a-novel","title":"The Arcadian","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eGates of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Man at Arms\u003c\/i\u003e presents a gripping, genre-bending story of a mercenary in late medieval Spain and the eternal costs of violence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpain, the 1500s. The Iberian Peninsula is splintered by faith and ambition, its kingdoms locked in endless struggle. Armies clash, religions collide, and empires rise on tides of blood. Into this crucible rides Telamon: soldier, mercenary, outcast. He has lived a hundred lives across centuries, forever condemned to take up arms. Now, drawn into the brutal conflict between Portuguese invaders and Andalusian defenders, he must face both the battlefield before him and the eternal war within himself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut Telamon is not alone. Across time, through lifetimes, the same figures return: comrades and rivals, lovers and betrayers, all reborn in new forms, bound together by a cycle neither mercy nor death can break. As the armies close on a desperate city, their destinies entwine once more, and Telamon is forced to reckon with the questions that haunt every warrior's soul: Can a man made for battle ever put down his sword? And is there redemption for one who has spilled blood?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Arcadian\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author and master of historical fiction Steven Pressfield delivers a sweeping standalone novel that fuses the grit of historical realism with the mysticism of the ancient world. A meditation on fate, justice, and release from violence, \u003ci\u003eThe Arcadian\u003c\/i\u003e is both a war story and a timeless journey of the spirit--a novel that asks not just how men fight, but why.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Arcadian A Novel","offer_id":46307860709573,"sku":null,"price":57.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-324-12425-2.jpg?v=1780543116","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/arcadian-a-novel","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}