The Isle of Stone — Nicholas Nicastro

For twenty-seven years, the Peloponnesian War has raged between Athens and Sparta, its intensity and destructiveness unprecedented in ancient times. In 425 B.C., a pivotal battle is fought on the island of Sphacteria. Under siege by the Athenian navy, hungry and desperate, a small company of Spartan warriors prepares to make a last stand. Among these soldiers are two brothers....

Epitadas--the coddled son of Damatria who rose through Spartan society by virtue of his upbringing and good fortune. Antalcidas--who survived his mother's indifference to win fame as an honorable and courageous warrior. On the barren island of Sphacteria, the brothers will face their destinies--but only one will emerge as a great hero of Sparta....