![]() He is armed with a gung-ho attitude and enthusiastically accepts any challenges the Gods set him. ![]() In reality, we don’t know much, but Renault uses her historical knowledge combined with archaeological findings at the palace of Knossos (the oldest sign of modern civilisation in the western world – look up the Minoan empire if you want to know more) to create a tale of Theseus that feels more real and fantastical than the myth. In myth, we all know Theseus as the heroic killer of the Minotaur hiding within a dark labyrinth on the island of Crete. Epic fantasy draws from human history and myth. The King Must Die is probably not the first book like The Way of Kings a reader would think of, but you would be daft not to read this.
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