this story begins at the birth of alexander and ends at the moment he reaches the shores of asia -so the makings of how alexander came to be as the son of king philipp 2 and queen olympias. perhaps it was the translation but some parts of it were pretty hard to get through and others it seemed hard to put down, seeinf the relationships between alexander and his family and it seems to follow history pretty well whilst mixing in the myth. 
since it was book one you can assume that the circumstances around those raising alexander would take presedence so i’m looking forward to book two focusing more on alexander -despite how his father interested me at times. 
not a bad book but not as great as i thought it was going to be