The second of the Pandora's Box series, which takes one of the seven deadly sins as the basis for its story, this time tackles the sin of sloth with the story of an Olympic athlete desperate to win the 100m.
This story also takes on elements and inspiration from Homer's Iiliad epic tale of the Trojan War. A highly successful and clean sprinter has remained undefeated for a number of years but with the Olympics approaching he suffers an injury and falls behind on his training. It looks increasingly likely that a young rival will finally seize his crown.
One option is to become a drug cheat, will he take this option and is he prepared for the high price?
This is a truly involving and intelligent story packed full of emotion and thought provoking ideas. You just know the hero will take the fall and he does but not in the way that might be expected.
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