ALEXANDER AND THE BUTCHER

Ambitious actor and general horse's ass Matt Wilder dreams of making it big playing Alexander the Great on television in 1963. He's willing to sacrifice his friends, his morals, even his family for stardom. All he needs is insight and a little magic. A sketchy mystic known as Frau Bonkers agrees to send him back to meet and study the real Alexander.

Weirdness ensues.

Matt finds himself trapped in the body of a slave named Sophos in 331 BC Persia. He uses knowledge from the future to dazzle King Alexander. He uses his equestrian skills to ride the greatest horse of all time: Bucephalus. Impressed with Sophos/Matt's handling of Bucephalus, Alexander enlists him to fight in the massive Battle of Gaugamela.

The two men forge a love-hate relationship. Alexander is charming, even seductive, then just as suddenly narcissistic and cruel. Sophos/Matt embarks on a series of choices and adventures which will cost him dearly. He will be a prisoner, a lover, a king, and both witness to and shaper of events that will echo through time.

ALEXANDER AND THE BUTCHER follows the history we know while cleaving much closer than any dusty tome to Alexander the man.