The War for Sicily #1009603

Syracuse has chosen war—and this time, all of Magna Graecia may burn.
Nikandros has transformed Daonia from a struggling alliance into the strongest rising power in the Greek West. Its roads carry armies, its shipyards launch new weapons, and its citizens are beginning to believe that no enemy can stand against them.
Dionysius of Syracuse intends to prove them wrong.
Commanding the wealth of Sicily and one of the largest military forces in the ancient world, the tyrant strikes at Daonia’s allies, turns neighboring cities against one another, and sends assassins after Nikandros himself. His goal is simple: break the League before it becomes powerful enough to challenge him.
But Nikandros is no ordinary Greek commander. Behind his young face lives the mind of a modern American historian—one who understands wars, governments, and technologies centuries before their time.
To survive, he must hold together a divided alliance, defeat Syracuse on land and sea, and carry the war across the strait into Sicily. Every victory will demand another gamble. Every reform will create new enemies. And the soldiers who once followed him as Consul are beginning to wonder whether Daonia needs something more powerful than a republic.
Two rulers now stand between the Greek West and its future.
One commands an empire built on fear.
The other is about to build a kingdom.