Taking for her background and characters the epics of the Trojan War, Dorothy Johnson here weaves a tale of adventure and discovery in the climax and aftermath of the great struggle for Troy

The heroes of the Iliad and the Aeneid stride through these pages - mighty Achilles, ruthless yet magnificent; great Hector, Troy's defender; and the doomed priestess Cassandra.

But the central figure is a young grandson of King Priam who, in the company of his uncle Aeneas, forsakes the smoking city and later with his faithful slave sets out on an odyssey of his own to seek a new Troy. The search leads him throughout the length of ancient Greece to the splendid courts of Corinth and Mycenae; to the sacred altar of Apollo at Delphi; and finally to his own destiny.

It is a strong and noble story of hardship, growth, and triumph, and the shaping of a human spirit.

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