- Fantasy, Mythology, Greek Mythology, Young Adult
Each spring, Ithaca condemns twelve maidens to the noose. This is the price vengeful Poseidon demands for the lives of Queen Penelope’s twelve maids, hanged and cast into the depths centuries ago. But when that fate comes for Leto, death is not what she thought it would be. Instead, she wakes on a mysterious island and meets a girl with green eyes and the power to command the sea. A girl named Melantho, who says one more death can stop a thousand. The prince of Ithaca must die—or the tides of fate will drown them all.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and plot-driven.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Sarah Underwood
- First published
- 2023
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- HarperCollins, HarperCollins Publishers, HarperTeen
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780008558550
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Sarah Underwood grew up in Devon, England. A data scientist by training, she obtained her MEng in Computational Bioengineering at Imperial College, London and her MPhil in Population Health Sciences at the University of Cambridge. She now works in the Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford. Sarah’s first novel, ***Lies We Sing to the Sea***, became an instant New York Times, indie, and international bestseller. **Photo:** *Jamie Drew Photo + Film*
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