Demonstration banner from a book promoter. It's got Roman armour instead of Bronze Age and a damsel in distress (few of my damsels are ever victims), but otherwise it's pretty dramatic.

Dramatic banner for Book 1. It's good except the armour looks more eastern or even Mediaeval rather than Trojan-era Bronze Age, but since it's gratis, I can't complain.

The Diomedeia: Diomedes, the Peoples of the Sea, and the Fall of the Hittite Empire by Gregory Michael Nixon Vigorous Preview—but ignore the anachronisms & the unexplainable presence of warrior Samurai!—only 1:42min drive.google.com/file/d/1gFym...

DIOMEDES IN KYPRIOS — Gregory Michael Nixon My book is now a finalist for Chanticleer’s 2025 Chaucer Award for Early Historical Fiction! bit.ly/4jK3DHL

Great News: my novel, *Diomedes in Kyprios*, made the Chanticleer semi-final list for the Chaucer Award for Early Historical Fiction. Got through the longlist & the shortlist, so who knows about the finals? bit.ly/4svfdux

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2026 Amazon Kindle New Year's sale in the USA: $3.99 for *The Diomedeia* & $8.99 includes Book 2, *Diomedes in Kyprios*: bit.ly/49pSuY4 Amazon Kindle in Canada: $5.49 for *The Diomedeia* & $10.48 includes *Diomedes in Kyprios*: bit.ly/4jIjB5v No shipping fees for Kindle.

Chanticleer: The 2025 Chaucer Short List for Early Historical Fiction My two books were on the Long List last October 2. They now made the Short List. Semi-Finals Next? www.chantireviews.com/2025/12/17/t...

Earlier review of Book 1 in my series, *The Diomedeia*, by Dee Marley of Historium Press: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhno...

Diomedes in Kyprios, G. M. Nixon Publishers Weekly BookLife® Editors Pick

This brief trailer by Historium Press for my novel, Diomedes in Kyprios, remains outstanding! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ0-...

THE DIOMEDEIA: Diomedes, the Peoples of the Sea, and the Fall of the Hittite Empire "There’s no question that Nixon has done meticulous research in piecing together this epic. ... An epic tale of ancient civilizations that, despite a slow start, proves thoroughly captivating." —Kirkus Reviews

AUDIOBOOKS I must draw attention, once again, to the high quality of my audiobooks. They are professionally narrated by the classically-trained British actor, Simon de Deney. He brings the books to life, so they sound like a Shakespearean epic but with a lot more action.

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Both of my novels—*The Diomedeia* and *Diomedes in Kyprios*—have been included in Chanticleer's longlist for the Chaucer Award, Best Early Historical Fiction. Gregory Michael Nixon www.chantireviews.com/2025/10/02/t...

*DIOMEDES in KYPRIOS* Barnes & Noble online Surprising book reviews included. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/diomedes-i...

I am agog at the summaries of my papers on this podcast on Academia-dot-edu. Each verbal précis is about 6 min long, but "Richard Price" (either AI himself or using AI) has done a superb job. I am awed and very thankful. webplus.academia.edu/ai_podcast/w...

Nixon chats about reality: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQGc...

I'm not the only one who recognizes Diomedes as the greatest hero of his era in ancient Greek mythology: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rTg...

BRONZE AGE CYPRUS, map, ca. 1200 BCE —Called ALASIYA by the Hittites —KYPRIO in the Greek Linear B tablets —KYPROS to the Classical Hellenes —Eteocypriots called their island Kyprios Bronze Age Kyprios is the setting for Gregory Michael Nixon’s engaging historical novel *DIOMEDES IN KYPRIOS*.

Publishers Weekly BookLife review compares my book to these bestsellers: *Diomedes in Kyprios* Gregory Michael Nixon 242p Great for fans of Madeline Miller; Margaret Atwood’s *The Penelopiad*."

What became of Diomedes after the fall of Troy? Here's my historically-based interpretation. Both books are now available in paperback, hardcover, eBook, and audiobook. Available on Amazon or other internet booksellers. authorgregorynixon.com

"Tempus edax rerum" Old age hath yet his honour and his toil. Death closes all; but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. —Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses" (1842) Image: Not all *that* long ago, I was 59 or 60 here.

Publishers Weekly – Editors Pick! Diomedes in Kyprios – Book Review Gregory Michael Nixon | Historium Press 242p. Richly told story of gods, warriors, and the end of the Bronze Age.

*Diomedes in Kyprios* (Bronze Age Cyprus) dynamic trailer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anb5...

*Diomedes in Kyprios*, my latest mythicohistorical novel, on the Historium Press book page. Check it out: www.historiumpress.com/gregory-mich...

Please check out my novels *The Diomedeia: Diomedes, the Peoples of the Sea, and the Fall of the Hittite Empire* (2022) and *Diomedes in Kyprios* (2024). Set during the Bronze Age Collapse, after the fall of Troy. Sold on Amazon & many other reputable bookstores. authorgregorynixon.com/book

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