Blood at the Symposium
The Athenian Mystery Series – Book III
by Adrian Kerr
Athens, 449 BC.
A night of wine, philosophy, and brilliance ends in a single, shocking death.
At a lavish symposium hosted by Callias—one of the wealthiest men in Athens—the celebrated sophist Damon collapses mid-speech. Within seconds the music fades, the guests freeze, and whispers cut through the hall like knives.
Was the philosopher poisoned? Silenced? Or executed under the mask of debate?
Nikandros of Alopeke, drawn unwillingly into the investigation, steps into a world he has learned to distrust:
aristocrats guarding secrets, courtesans trading knowledge, orators shifting alliances, and thinkers who blend charm with lethal intention.
To uncover the truth, he must navigate a city where:
a cup of wine can spark a revolution
ideas are as dangerous as weapons
power hides behind elegance and eloquence
the elite fight their battles in shadows, not in daylight
From the torchlit halls of the symposium to tense debates on the Pnyx, from private chambers in the Acropolis to whispered meetings along the Long Walls, Nikandros follows a trail that reveals a conspiracy far deeper than a single murder.
The feast was only the beginning.
⭐ Inside this book you’ll find🍷 A locked-room murder at an Athenian feast
🏺 Intrigue among aristocrats, philosophers, and the city’s elite
🔥 A hero caught between truth and survival
⚖️ Political tension at the dawn of Athens’s Golden Age
⏳ A conspiracy that threatens the fragile heart of democracy
📚 Continue the epic sagaThe Athenian Mystery Series includes:
Murder at the Agora
The Shadows of the Acropolis
Blood at the Symposium
The Oracle’s Curse (coming soon)
Each novel uncovers deeper secrets within the city that invented democracy—and the hidden powers willing to spill blood to shape its destiny.
🔥 Read it now on Kindle UnlimitedStep into the symposium where ideas can kill—and where truth carries the highest price.
