Hero's Heart like Burning

Five years before, Aeschylus dragged his battered body home after a lifetime of service in Aegina's navy. He'd hoped for a place to curl up and forget. Instead, he'd found himself the city guard's captain and in the middle of a political firefight with Aegina's rival and nearest neighbor, Athens.
Aeschylus had stopped the municipal kidnappings and made a berth for himself. A loveless and monotonous berth.
No one with any sense would join the guard. Young hoplites itching for glory and gold jo...