Teaser Tuesday: 'Alexander's Lighthouse'

Title: Alexander's Lighthouse by Don Westernhaver

Teaser Excerpt: "The crowd screamed and trampled each other in the wild panic to escape the wrath of the Roman killing machine. The Free Egypt agitators also fled, discarding weapons in an attempt to blend in with the civilians."

Publisher's Description: In 92 AD, the imperial city of Rome rules Western civilization, but the city of Alexandria Egypt is the unchallenged pinnacle of Western intellectual achievement. Its prestigious Museum and Library are magnets that draw the world’s most important philosophers, mathematicians, astronomers, physicians and geographers. Alexandria also draws a young man named Marco from Corinth, who joins a small team of brilliant engineers working on secret projects. Titus, the Roman Prefect of Egypt, knew Marco’s father so he sponsors the young man, who then promptly falls in love with Titus’ daughter Paula. Populated by native Egyptians, colonized by Greeks, settled by Jewish immigrants, and ruled by the Romans, the huge city of Alexandria is a cultural melting pot that frequently boils over. 

Teaser Tuesdays: Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Leave a comment and tell me about your Teaser for 10/1/2012!


Malcolm

Malcolm R. Campbell is the author of contemporary fantasy novels ("Sarabande" and "The Sun Singer") and the new Kindle paranormal short story, "Moonlight and Ghosts."