One Soul, Two Bodies

Alexander and Hephaestion face love, loyalty, and the weight of an empire.

About the story

Before the empire, there is a boy who refuses to look away.

At Mieza, Hephaestion arrives to study with the son of the king. His father has made the duty clear. How he is meant to feel about it is another matter. Alexander is already looking beyond the company around him, impatient with any world that has not yet given up its secrets.

Their first exchange begins with the risk of speaking plainly to a prince. As the years widen into campaigns, power, and the demands of an empire, the bond between them becomes a story of loyalty as well as love. Being close to Alexander means living beside an ambition that can never remain private.

An M/M historical novel imagining Alexander and Hephaestion across the course of their lives. Their intimate relationship and private conversations are a fictional treatment of historical figures.

Your kind of romance?

• Alexander and Hephaestion
• From youthful acquaintance to the adult world of empire
• Love, loyalty, and ambition
• M/M historical fiction

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From the opening pages

I saw Alexander before I was introduced to him, which I have come to think was fitting, since I would go on seeing him before anyone thought to introduce us properly for the rest of both our lives.

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