I know this isn't game related and barely history related, so lock the thread if you want.

I was wondering if there is any historical fiction-type books written about the Achaemenid rulers, mainly Cyrus II or Darius I. Pretty much anything really, as long as it isn't written in a Euro-centric "Easterlings eat babies" way (think 300).

I have a rising curiosity about the Persian Empire, but dry history books are too much of a hassle to be enjoyable.

Cheers.