Circe
eBook - 2018
This #1 New York Times bestseller is a "bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story" that brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey (Alexandra Alter, TheNew York Times). In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child — not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power — the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many o...f the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus. But there is danger, too, for a woman who...
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Little, Brown and Company
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Online Access
- OverDrive Resource Page
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- Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
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File Size | 3 GB |
ISBN | 9780316556330 |
Release Date | 4/10/2018 |
Kindle Book | |
ASIN | B074M5TLLJ |
Release Date | 4/10/2018 |
OverDrive Read eBook | |
File Size | 2 GB |
ISBN | 9780316556330 |
Release Date | 4/10/2018 |