The inner meaning of this book is about Phobos - the fear. How do you confront your fear of death, of tortured pain, of collective shoulder to shoulder brotherly self sacrifice, saying goodbye to all you cherish and love, for the sake of self preservation ? At the same time, the book distills what it means to be a leader, not just of others, but master of yourself too.
The book is fictionalized account of one of the greatest stands in military history. It re-tells the events that led up to the actual historical battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C., a narrow rocky mountain pass in Northern Greece, when 300 elite Spartan warriors blocked the narrow pass and engaged in bloody hand to hand combat with upto a quarter of a million invading Persian troops for 7 days and nights.
The book is both disturbing and awe-inspiring. It will remain on my top 5 list for a very long time.
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