About the book: 2012 / ALEXANDER THE GREAT was not only a military genius, but also a GENIUS OF POWER - not just a great commander who did not suffer a single defeat and earned the glory of a new God of War, but also a brilliant politician who created the first worldwide Empire. Why did this Superpower disintegrate immediately after his death, filling half of the Ecumene with blood? Who is to blame for this tragedy - the “envy of the gods”, the ruthless fate that gave Alexander too little time, or the King of Kings himself, who broke under the weight of power? How could a brave warrior, whose bravery on the battlefield became legendary, and a cowardly despot who feared conspiracies and assassination attempts coexist in one person? A wise ruler who equalized the rights of the victors and the vanquished, and a cruel tyrant who killed friends and associates at the slightest suspicion? A patron of the arts, one of the most educated people of the era - and a heavy drunkard who, in a drunken stupor, burned down the palace in Persepolis, considered the eighth wonder of the world? A formidable conqueror who wiped out entire cities from the face of the earth, and a great builder who founded dozens of Alexandrias on the occupied lands? Can man become equal to the gods and is a mortal, even a genius of power, capable of bearing its monstrous burden??..