First published 2026
Telamon rides into fractured 16th-century Spain as Portuguese forces clash with Andalusian defenders across the war-torn Iberian Peninsula. The mercenary carries more than weapons and scars. He bears the weight of countless lifetimes, reborn again and again alongside the same souls who appear as comrades, lovers, and enemies in each new existence. As faiths collide and the peninsula splinters under invasion, Telamon finds himself drawn into a brutal siege that will test everything he believes about war and redemption. The eternal soldier faces an impossible question: can someone born to kill ever escape the cycle of violence that binds him across lifetimes? Pressfield weaves mysticism into the gritty reality of medieval warfare, following Telamon as he searches for release from a pattern of bloodshed that stretches back through the ages.
Genres: historical-fiction, military-fiction, adventure, action
Vibes: gritty, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: cycle-of-violence, eternal-soldier, redemption
Setting: Spain, Portugal, Andalusia
Period: 16th-century
304 pages · Hardcover · W. W. Norton & Company
Content warnings: graphic-violence, war