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Prime Directive Book One of the Ptolemaios Saga Volume 1 Alexander Geiger 9780989258401 Books Reviews

Alexander Geiger's new historical novel turns out to be a really wonderful book - a most informative, funny (at times) and terrifically written debut performance! I might also add it came along at the perfect time - it was very therapeutic for me, taking me far, far away from South Florida's steamy summer, to an exciting time in Greek / Macedonian history. Highly recommended.
I had trouble with the beginning of this tale but it gets better as it goes along. Good premise and although a bit predictable in plot the characters are well developed. Good historical fiction with time travel added.
This novel really brings to life Alexander the Great, among other historical figures of the time. The narrator is a time traveler who comes to ancient Macedonia for a research expedition and ends up getting stuck in the past. It's great fun reading his interactions with the locals as he attempts not to blow his cover.

The novel gets off to a fast start and is easy to get into. The latter chapters bring a tremendous amount of historical detail which I assume is accurate - clearly the author did his research.

This appears to be the first in a series, and I am looking forward to reading the next installment!
The title of the book, an allusion to the time-traveling rules constructed in Star Trek, immediately lets the reader know that this is a time travel book, and that something will be changed during the course of the plot of the story. The reader is immediately taken back to the ancient world, as seen through the eyes of an unnamed time traveler who has come back to the time of Philip II of Macedon's time to observe the course of history. He, the time traveler, chooses to observe a Dionysian Mystery as it was being celebrated. During the course of the mystery, the time traveler saves a young man named Kleitos from being killed by the celebrants of the Mystery. Fleeing the scene, the time traveler then gets caught up in the ordeals surrounding the throne of Macedonia; in order to try and fit in to the correct time period, the time traveler adopts the name "Ptolemaios" and then ingratiates himself with Philip II as the Macedonian king prepares to first subjugate the Greek city states and then take on the mighty Persian Empire.

The most impressive part of this book is the research that has gone into the time period and the events that first shaped Alexander the Great as he rose to power as well as the circumstances surrounding Philip II laying the groundwork for the Macedonian state to become the preeminent superpower in the region. The political intrigue surrounding the court of Philip II was captured quite well and it was interesting to watch the events play out that led to Alexander ascending the throne as well as beginning the invasion of Persia.

The strength of the story rests on the author's familiarity with the subject material and the characters involved in the book. This book is clearly well-researched, and the author does not feel the need to show off his knowledge of the time period and the people, which is a common trait among historical fiction authors. The events surrounding the action of the book as well as those that shape the development of the characters come naturally, without hammering the reader over the head with the author's knowledge of the subject material.

While the amount of research that went into the historical time period as well as the characters is impressive, the language that evolves through the course of the story fails to live up to the research done. To his credit, the author tries to create a familiar, vulgar form of the language that the characters use with one another to show friendliness and trust between one another. This is a nice way to show the interaction among the characters, but it gets clunky and breaks the flow of the story. Instead of wondering what Ptolemaios was implying, the reader is left wondering whether Willis has shown up in the story when Philip II asks (paraphrasing) "Whatchoo talkin' bout?" or whether we've fallen into a Jeff Foxworthy routine, "Wanna get some lunch?" Though the language does not necessarily need to be in stiffly formal, archaic Ancient Greek, reading phrases involving American pidgin English is distracting.

Overall, however, this is a well-researched book with a predictable ending (the story is 2300 years in the making), but an entertaining read at the very least. For any fan of Western Civilization as well as the legend of Alexander the Great, this makes a very nice addition to the historical fiction surrounding the greatest leader in Macedonian history. As a first novel, this is a solid introduction to the Alexander mythos, and the subsequent novels should help to solidly round out the legend as well as cap the Ptolemaian adventure.
I enjoy well-researched historical fiction, and I like the time of Alexander, so I'm a prime candidate to like this book and I wasn't disappointed. The author is an engaging writer who makes some rather detailed accounts of Phillip's and Alexander's battles entertaining and understandable. His main character is Ptolemy who is interesting in and of himself as he was the eventual ruler of Egypt. The author Alexander Geiger uses the clever premise that Ptolmey was a time-traveler sent back to Greek times to observe a Dyonisan ritual, but somehow got stuck there. From then on we follow the life of Alexander (with wonderful details about Aristotle, Phillip, and Olympias, as well as Ptolemy) until Alexander's first major battle in Persia where the book ends with the mystery of why Ptolemy was not picked up to return to his own time revealed.
My only complaint is that one sex scene is a bit gross (middle-aged male fantasy material), but the book was so consistently interesting that I guess I just put up with it.
I am eagerly looking forward to the sequel!
Nice concept and easy to read. The story leaves some open links that could be closed in another sequel - such as characters the author promise will appear again later but fail to do so.
"A Connecticutt Yankee in King Arthurr's Court" with an ancient twist. A humorous tale with a n intersting premise. A bit long but well crafted.