"Tabnit Gisgo, The Gisgo Chronicles Volume 1 323BC-321BC" by M.D. Eyre
In “Tabnit Gisgo, The Gisgo Chronicles Volume 1 323BC–321BC” (ISBN 1470120925), M.D. Eyre takes a light-hearted journey through the ancient worlds of Egypt and Babylon.
It is a story told in first person by Tabnit Gisgo, now an old man remembering his heyday as a spy for generals and governors. The novel begins in 323BC Babylon, where he is lured into service on the pretext of informing on a corrupt Persian satrap.
Unbeknownst to him, Tabnit is secretly being used by a clique of powerful Macedonian generals who hope to reign in the ambitions of Alexander the Great. They command Tabnit to poison Perdiccas, a high-ranking general. But Tabnit’s venom mistakenly ends up on the lips of Alexander the Great, killing one of the world’s greatest rulers. From that moment on, Tabnit will spend much of his life on the run.
While hiding out in a Babylonian temple, he encounters Ptolemy, the famous Greco-Roman astronomer and poet, who puts Tabnit under his patronage. Ptolemy dispatches him to Egypt where he is ordered to bribe and steal his way through into a position to snatch the body of Alexander. His actions will launch a war between Ptolemy and Perdiccas, one of Alexander’s most well-known generals. Their warring will lead to a climactic battle that takes place on the River Nile with the future of the ancient world at stake.
“The premise of rewriting history (particularly classical history) may be well represented, but the author’s real achievement is the creation of Tabnit Gisgo – a crude, bumbling yet completely appealing antihero. A memorable narrator and a rollicking plot make Eyre’s new series one to watch,” – Kirkus Reviews.
From the great conqueror Alexander to the historical personages of Ptolemy and Perdiccas, the novel is an action-filled education on the glory and gore of one of the world’s first civilizations. As Tabnit himself will say of his tainted expeditions as a spy, “Truth, falsehood and the propensity of my fellow man to confuse one with the other, are commodities I’ve made a great deal of gold out of over the years.”
“M.D Eyre has created an antihero to rank with the best of them: cowardly, crass, bumbling, and thoroughly unpleasant, along, of course, with being immensely entertaining. This is a rip-roaring great tale that also has a subtle message about how a hero can mess everything up for everyone, and that goes double for ‘the great,’” – Historical Novel Society.
“Tabnit Gisgo, The Gisgo Chronicles Volume 1 323BC–321BC” is available for sale online at Amazon.com and other channels.
About the Author: Mark Eyre heads the English department at the British International School in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He earned a degree in English literature from the University of Sheffield and has taught English in the United Kingdom, Singapore and Qatar. His previous works include the horror story “Burnfield,” and “Fighting Talk.” When he isn’t writing, Eyre enjoys playing the guitar and jogging.
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