Swords of Troy

A new epic series of ancient myth and historical adventure from the SUNDAY TIMES bestseller

By: Anthony Riches

THE GREATEST CONFLICT IN OUR SHARED HISTORY.

'A brilliant retelling of the epic legend from an historical novelist at the top of his game!' SIMON SCARROW, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author

'I missed my stop reading chapter three. This feels effortless, weightless. Wonderful' CONN IGGULDEN, #1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author

'A fresh and original recreation of the Trojan War, fast paced with exciting and visceral action sequences' HARRY SIDEBOTTOM, Sunday Times bestselling author

'Anthony Riches is a writer at the peak of his power. Swords of Troy is a superb retelling of one of history's greatest stories, a masterful combination of scholarship and storytelling' DOUGLAS JACKSON, bestselling author of The Wall

FROM AMONGST THE RANKS OF LEGENDARY HEROES, A NEW ONE WILL RISE.

For Leonteus, bastard son of the former king of Argos, the hegemon of his half-brother King Diomedes' bodyguard is what he has trained for his entire life.

But the stability of the land of the Achaeans is suddenly rent in two by the abduction of King Menelaus's queen, Helen, by a prince of Troy.

Agamemnon, Menelaus's brother, calls on all the foremost men who, as Helen's suitors, swore allegiance to defend the man who won her hand a decade before. Honourable Diomedes answers that summons.

The hundred-thousand-man army of the Achaeans sail for war amidst ill-fated omens, destined either to reduce Troy's great walls to rubble, or die far from home in the pursuit of gold and glory.

And Leonteus, brother of a warrior king, comrade to the wily Odysseus, peerless but troubled Achilles and the grasping, self-centred Agamemnon, will find himself at the heart of the deadliest war ever fought.

From Sunday Times bestseller and legend of historical adventure Anthony Riches comes a sensational new vision of the Trojan War.©2026 Cold Steel Ltd (P)2026 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Critic reviews

I missed my stop reading chapter three. This feels effortless, weightless. Wonderful (Conn Iggulden, #1 SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestseller)

A brilliant retelling of the epic legend with real flesh and blood characterisation and Tony's trademark descriptiveness that transports the reader directly to the setting and makes it feel real and lived in. Fine work from an historical novelist at the top of his game! (Simon Scarrow, #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestseller)

A fresh and original recreation of the Trojan War, fast paced with exciting and visceral action sequences (HARRY SIDEBOTTOM, Sunday Times bestselling author)

Anthony Riches is a writer at the peak of his power. Swords of Troy is a superb retelling of one of history's greatest stories, a masterful combination of scholarship and storytelling that places the reader in the battle line on the Trojan plain, sword in hand, with some of the great Heroes of the ages (Douglas Jackson, bestselling author of THE WALL)

A gripping and vividly reimagined tale of Troy, told with the authority and flair of a master long steeped in martial stories of the ancient world (Alistair Tosh, author of SIEGE)