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The voyage home : a novel / Pat Barker.

ISBN: 9780385549110
ISBN: 0385549113
Physical Description: 275 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2024.
Copyright: &copy;2024

Barker, Pat, 1943- (author.).

Summary:

"In this third outing in the Women of Troy series, Pat Barker follows the young Ritsa and the unpredictable Cassandra on their perilous return journey to Mycenae. Cassandra has acquired the powers of prophecy from the kiss of Apollo, but the very same god has taken away the people's belief in her abilities. Though she warns of the carnage that awaits the Greek warrior king Agamemnon--who numbs himself with alcohol on the storm-plagued trip home--her shipmates disregard her. While Cassandra's prophecies fall on deaf ears, Ritsa instead remains focused on surviving once they make land. When a mysterious young girl begins to shadow them, and Agamemnon's cruelty takes a new turn, Ritsa must find a safe place for Cassandra, whose mood alternates between cruelty and frenzy. But it's the ongoing ire between Queen Clytemnestra and Agamemnon that could prove fatal for everyone." --Provided by publisher.