Song of Sacrifice

Before Troy burned, there were whispers of war. Prophecies. Forbidden desires. Queens who would not be forgotten. Princes born beneath the shadow of the gods.Across the kingdoms of the Bronze Age, the men and women destined to become legends are still young, unaware of how their lives and their worlds will change.Odysseus inherits a kingdom and finds his match in the brilliant Penelope. Clytemnestra is forced into the arms of Agamemnon, a man she has every reason to hate. Helen, the most desired woman in Greece, discovers that beauty can be as dangerous as any weapon. And the sea goddess Thetis is dragged from the immortal world and given to a mortal husband, knowing the son she bears him-Achilles-is destined for glory bought with blood.Across the Aegean, Troy is haunted by a prophecy of its own. Queen Hecuba's dream of Troy's fiery ramparts is divined as a terrible omen: her newborn son is destined to bring destruction to the greatest city in the world.Kings rise. Queens rage. Lovers betray one another. Children inherit the consequences of their parents' choices. And all the while, the gods watch from above, weaving mortal longing, ambition, love, and sacrifice into a war that will echo for thousands of years.You know how Troy ends.This is where the tragedy begins.Song of Sacrifice is the first volume of the Homeric Chronicles, a sweeping adult epic fantasy retelling of the Trojan War Cycle, told chronologically through the intertwined lives of the mortals and immortals who became legend.10th Anniversary Second Edition.