Swords of Troy

Name: Swords of Troy
Rating: 2.5 (5 reviews)

by Anthony Riches

First published 2026

Amazon

2.5(5)

The Aegean Bronze Age. The Trojan War is treated as a conflict of kings, raiders, alliances and ambitious war leaders rather than as distant myth alone. Troy stands at the centre of trade, pride and strategic competition, while Greek rulers seek honour and advantage across the sea.

The novel begins a retelling of the war in which legendary names are placed inside a harsher political and military world. Oaths, plunder, personal insult and dynastic ambition all push the opposing armies towards a siege whose memory will outlast the age that created it.

The Bronze Age setting gives familiar legendary motives practical weight. Control of ports and exchange routes can sit beside honour, marriage and revenge as reasons for rulers to maintain an expensive expedition. By treating the Greek coalition as an alliance of competing war leaders rather than a unified national army, the novel makes the siege vulnerable to the same rivalries celebrated in later epic tradition.

Historical Periods

Ancient Greecec. 1100–146 BCE Mycenaean Greecec. 1600–1100 BCE Trojan WarMythic Bronze Age tradition Bronze Age Collapsec. 1200–1150 BCE Hittite Empirec. 1650–1180 BCE