Colossus

The story is set in the age of Alexander the Great, following his expedition to India and beyond the time when history records his death in Babylon. This story speculates what might have happened if Alexander had lived and fulfilled his plans to conquer Carthage? He now has war elephants from India i......more

Wonderful book This book is about Alexander and some of his supposed battles and is seen through the eyes of one of the mahavat of his elephant groups. The characters are well defined and I will be getting more of the author’s books.......more

This is an alternate history that features Alexander the Great. The main heroes of the story are Gajendra and Mara. Gajendra rises swiftly in Alexander’s army, going from an elephant boy to general of the elephant forces. Gajendra’s personal elephant is Colossus who is the largest bull elephant in t......more

I like the idea of a book being based on an alternate history in a way that doesn’t center around the concept of the world being totally backwards because of the historical changes. This book is just about what hypothetically could have happened had Alexander the Great lived just a little while long......more

Gajendra was a young boy from India. With a couple strokes of good luck and a whole lot of ambition he became a general in the army of Alexander the Great, leading his elephants head first into battle. I enjoyed following his adventures from Babylon to his instrumental help in the sack of Carthage a......more