The Successor Chronicles, Volume 1: To The Strongest

Alexander the Great has conquered much of the known world. Now, with his sights set on Arabia and beyond, he falls gravely ill in Babylon in June 323 BCE. As he lies on his deathbed with no clear heir, those closest to him begin to ask the question that will change the course of history: What happens if he dies? In Babylon, Perdikkas, his most trusted bodyguard and chief administrator, quietly schemes for the crown. Ptolemy worries for the future. Leonnatos, Peithon, and Lysimakhos maneuver in the shadows. Meleager makes his own audacious bid for power, while Eumenes weighs the fate of the royal dynasty. The young officer Seleukos begins to emerge as a figure of rising importance. Far to the west, Krateros, Alexander’s senior general, marches from Asia with royal authority that could reshape the succession. In Europe, the aging regent Antipater teeters on the brink of retirement, while Alexander’s formidable mother Olympias and sister Cleopatra brood in Epiros, poised to strike. As the great conqueror’s life slips away, his empire holds its breath. What follows will ignite a brutal contest for supremacy—an epic drama that will shape the fate of the ancient world. View Less