Chasing Odysseus
A thrilling adventure of ancient myth, monsters, sorcerers, sirens, magic and warring gods... the fall of Troy and a desperate chase across the seas in a magical ship...
Chasing Odysseus is an alternative telling of both The Illiad and The Odyssey, those foundations of Western civilisation attributed to the epic poet Homer. The story pulls together the tales of Homer and the Greek mythology against which the great bard told those tales.
It answers the question of how the Trojans survived a ten year siege behind the walls of the citadel, by using the actual myth of Agelaus the herdsman to create a forgotten people, the Herdsmen of Mount Ida. Chasing Odysseus weaves into the Odyssey – it does not contradict Homer but provides another story within the Greek epic.
About the Hero Trilogy Series
Books in series order
- 1.Chasing Odysseus(2011)
- 2.Trying War(2012)
- 3.The Blood of Wolves(2013)
Reading age: 12+ years
This series should be read in order.
One girl, three brothers... four daring young heroes... treachery, transformations and a deadly quest.
Better known for her adult crime novels, Sulari Gentill turns her creative mind to the lore of Ancient Greece in this series of young adult fantasy novels. Building on the mythology of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey, as well as Virgil's The Aeneid, Gentill invokes a world brimming with monsters, gods, sorcerers, sirens, and magic. The fall of Troy and a desperate chase across the seas in a magical ship: these thrilling adventures of ancient mythology combine the action of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series with the epic drama of Michelle Paver's Chronicles of Ancient Darkness.
Note: In the U.S., this series is called The Rune Song Trilogy.