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THE GATES OF FIRE

Steven Pressfield wrote this book. It is about the famous battle of Thermopylae. This
Is where three hundred Spartans killed thousands of Persians, and saving Greece. Out of those three hundred Spartans only one survived the battle. This man is by the name of Xeones. He is the one that tells the story.
Xeones first starts talking about when he was a young boy that he always used to play with his female cousin Diomache, and his friend that is older than both of them named Bruxieus. Both of his parents were killed by invaders. His cousin is rapped by the invading soldiers. His older friend and his cousin all survive. They all flee that city to go live up in the mountains. Xeone's cousin almost dies after she tries to abort. He vowed to take revenge against the invaders who killed his parents and rapped his cousin. Xeones will have this hate and discontent for the rest of his life.
One day he was stealing chickens and got caught. For his......

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