Frank Miller is back to the world of the 300 with the new graphic novel Xerxes: the Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of the Alexander from Dark Horse. This companion to the popular 300 has been highly anticipated by fans of Miller. The new historical epic is twenty years in the making.
Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander follows Persian King Xerxes while he goes out to conquer the world and avenge the death of Darius. His plan is to create an empire unlike anything ever known. Unfortunately, he isn’t expecting the Greeks to produce Alexander the Great. The series is five-issues with thirty plus pages of stories and a deluxe collector cover.
“300 was an interlude in the great story of the Persian Wars. The battle of 300 represented one episode in a much greater series of wars,” said Xerxes creator Frank Miller. “This series tells the story of the first great clash of civilizations, the first bloody contest between east and west. The odds vastly favor the Persian forces, but the Greeks have Alexander, the greatest military commander of all time.”
The first issue of Xexes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander will come to comic book stores April 4, 2018.
