First published 2021
In the bustling streets of Athens, a troupe of philosophers, playwrights, and politicians engage in a war of words. Socrates, the city's most notorious gadfly, needles his fellow thinkers, drawing them into debates that are by turns incisive, absurd, and uproariously funny. As Socrates' acolytes and rivals match wits, their Socratic dialogues reveal the profound and the petty beneath the Athenian surface. These lively philosophical contests ultimately reveal the inescapable human need for connection, even amidst intellectual discord.
Genres: drama, satire, philosophy, comedy, ancient, academic
Vibes: intellectual, thought-provoking, witty
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Athens
Period: Ancient
912 pages · Hardcover · Andrew M. Kraiss Publishing