Son of Sparta

As a Spartan youth, Leon wants nothing more than to succeed. He wants to compete, beat his rivals and qualify for the mysterious Crypteia; he wants to be an Equal and be in the 300; he wants to fight for Sparta. But Leon meets a girl, a Helot slave, and through her he discovers the brutality of the Spartan way for those who refuse to follow it. And he becomes caught up in something greater, the war between his homeland and the democratic city of Athens - and a quest for a talisman sought by both sides: the so-called thighbone of legendary Theseus. Then Leon must make a decision: which side, if any, is he on?