As the first exciting adventure in a four-part series, The Fated Wanderer is Zenexus, who invented war. He was doomed by God to a nonexistence between heaven and earth, bearing witness to the horror of every war until the end of time.The Fated Wanderer: Through Ancient Times takes Zenexus from 8000 BC to 500 BC. It covers the history of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, the rise of the Persian Empire and the awakening of Greece. The volume highlights the exploits and adventures of the Persian kings Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius and Xerxes. It ends with the last stand of the Spartan king Leonidas at Thermopylae.Subsequent volumes will cover Alexander the Great and the Roman Empire (Towards Dark Times); the fall of the Roman Empire, the Dark Ages, the Ottoman and British empires up to WWI (The Evil Empire); and The Final Journey, which starts with World War II and ventures into the future.About the Author: Charles Peché is a stock farmer in South Africa. "I would like to see people read more history, but it can be such a bore! Thought I would spice it up a bit and make it more exciting to read." As with most South Africans, Peché experienced the horrors of war during the seventies and eighties.Publisher's Web site: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheFatedWanderer-ThroughAncient Times.html