‘Alexander and the Butcher’ Book Signing with Chris Riker

Join us in celebration of author and journalist, Chris Riker’s, new novel, Alexander and the Butcher. If you do not yet have a copy of the book- worry not. Copies will be available for purchase, and Mr. Riker will be available to sign them. Stop-by to meet the creator of this story, hear insights and details, straight from the Thessalian-horse’s mouth.

In 1963 Hollywood, Matt Wilder is a rising star with boundless ambition who has alienated his costars and ignored his family. His latest role as Alexander the Great could be his big break, so Matt finds a mystical portal back to 331 BC to learn from the genuine Macedonian King.
Matt arrives, however, a mere slave dropped in the middle of a fierce battle. He must use his wits and acting skills to survive. He soon discovers there’s no clear way back to his own time! Matt will go on to ride Bucephalus, battle the Persian Army, fall in love with a mystic, be imprisoned, be crowned king, and know both murderous contempt and a dangerous passion for the narcissistic Alexander.

Complete at 85,000 words, Alexander and the Butcher (published June 2024) is an adult historical fantasy that will appeal to readers of David Grann’s The Wager, Roma by Steven Saylor, China by Edward Rutherfurd, and Madeline Miller’s Circe. Alexander and the Butcher takes you on a journey of discovery, of both the ancient world and the corrosive nature of ambition and power.

Chris Riker is a veteran journalist with thirty years in television news, including CNN International. His other novels include the urban fantasy Zebulon Angell And The Shadow Army, the sci-fi novel Come The Eventide, and Goody Celeste, which takes the reader back to a summer of youthful wonder. Visit ChrisRikerAuthor.com to read Chris’s collection of short stories!