THE HITTITE - Softcover

BOVA, BEN

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765392224 ISBN 13: 9780765392220

Publisher: Tor, 2011

Synopsis

This is the tale of Lukka, the Hittite soldier who traveled across Greece in search of the vicious slave traders who kidnapped his wife and sons. He tracks them all the way to war-torn Troy. There he proves himself a warrior to rank with noble Hector and swift Achilles. Lukka is the man who built the Trojan horse for crafty Odysseus, who toppled the walls of Jericho for the Isrealites, who stole beautiful Helen--the legendary face that launched a thousand ships--from her husband Menaleus after the fall of Troy and fought his way across half the known world to bring her safely to Egypt.

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Review

"Excellent. A thrilling and inventive retelling of the legend of Troy."
--David Hagberg, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Expediter
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"Completely convincing and emotionally satisfying; the adventure and warfare are gripping enough to keep me awake to finish the book in a single night. I hope that when I'm [Bova's] age, I'll be doing--as he is--the best work of my career."
--Orson Scott Card, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Ender's Game""A cast of stars, all seen through the eyes of a Hittite warrior. With authentic battle scenes and the reality of siege warfare, THE HITTITE is an adventure you'll want to undertake."
--Barbara D'Amato, Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author of "Foolproof
""Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction."
"--Daily News "(Los Angeles) "Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways."
"--The New York Times" "[A] cautionary but hopeful thriller... modern twists and a genuinely surprising ending."
"--Publishers Weekly on""The Green Trap"

mpletely convincing and emotionally satisfying; the adventure and warfare are gripping enough to keep me awake to finish the book in a single night. I hope that when I'm [Bova's] age, I'll be doing--as he is--the best work of my career.--Orson Scott Card, New York Times bestselling author of Ender's Game

Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction.

Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways.

[A] cautionary but hopeful thriller modern twists and a genuinely surprising ending."

Excellent. A thrilling and inventive retelling of the legend of Troy.--David Hagberg, New York Times bestselling author of The Expediter

A cast of stars, all seen through the eyes of a Hittite warrior. With authentic battle scenes and the reality of siege warfare, THE HITTITE is an adventure you'll want to undertake.--Barbara D'Amato, Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author of Foolproof

Excellent. A thrilling and inventive retelling of the legend of Troy. David Hagberg, New York Times bestselling author of The Expediter

mpletely convincing and emotionally satisfying; the adventure and warfare are gripping enough to keep me awake to finish the book in a single night. I hope that when I'm [Bova's] age, I'll be doing--as he is--the best work of my career. Orson Scott Card, New York Times bestselling author of Ender's Game

A cast of stars, all seen through the eyes of a Hittite warrior. With authentic battle scenes and the reality of siege warfare, THE HITTITE is an adventure you'll want to undertake. Barbara D'Amato, Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author of Foolproof

Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction. "Daily News (Los Angeles)"

Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways. "The New York Times"

[A] cautionary but hopeful thriller modern twists and a genuinely surprising ending. "Publishers Weekly on The Green Trap""

About the Author

Ben Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including "Able One," "Leviathans of Jupiter" and the Grand Tour novels, including "Titan," winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and in 2008 he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award "for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature." He is President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of "Analog" and former fiction editor of "Omni." As an editor, he won science fiction's Hugo Award six times. Dr. Bova's writings have predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more. He lives in Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0765392224
• ISBN 13: 9780765392220
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354