Matthew has no memory of his past, initially he is taken as a slave by a farmer, who treats him as a son, but when his adoptive father and mother die in a fire Matthew only vaguely remembers with disturbing memories, Matthew strikes off for Athens where he finds himself in the court of Ajax the greater just before the giant leaves for what will be the Trojan War.  Pressed by the heroic figures around him Matthew discovers skills that he didn't know he had.  His history is revealed and Matthew be ... more »

Matthew has no memory of his past, initially he is taken as a slave by a farmer, who treats him as a son, but when his adoptive father and mother die in a fire Matthew only vaguely remembers with disturbing memories, Matthew strikes off for Athens where he finds himself in the court of Ajax the greater just before the giant leaves for what will be the Trojan War.  Pressed by the heroic figures around him Matthew discovers skills that he didn't know he had.  His history is revealed and Matthew begins to suspect a plot that involves gods, heroes and men alike and is as as mankind itself.  Less