In \;The Song of Achilles\, A chilles\, "the best of all the Greeks\," son of the cruel sea goddess Thet is and the legendary king Peleus\, is strong\, swift\, and beautiful\, irr esistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince\, exil ed from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together b y chance\, they forge an inseparable bond\, despite risking the gods' wrat h.
\nWhen word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped\, all t he heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Sedu ced by the promise of a glorious destiny\, Achilles joins their cause\, an d torn between love and fear for his friend\, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the cruel Fates will test them both as never before and de mand a terrible sacrifice.
\nIn \;Circe\, to Helios\, g od of the sun and mightiest of the Titans\, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--neither powerful like her father nor viciously allurin g like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship\, she discovers that she does possess power: the power of witchcraft\, which ca n transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.
\nT hreatened\, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island\, where she hones her o ccult craft\, tames wild beasts\, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology\, including the Minotaur\, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus\, the murderous Medea\, and\, of course\, wily Odys seus. But there is danger\, too\, for a woman who stands alone\, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods\, ultimately finding her self pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympia ns. To protect what she loves most\, Circe must summon all her strength an d choose\, once and for all\, whether she belongs with the gods she is bor n from or with the mortals she has come to love.
\nAbout the Author: \;Madeline Miller is the #1 \;New York Times \;bestselling author of two novels: \;The Song of Achill es\, which won the Orange Women&rsquo\;s Prize for Fiction 2012\, and \;Circe\, which was \;short-listed for the Women&rsquo\; s Prize for Fiction 2019. Her books have been translated into over thirty two languages. Miller holds an MA in Classics from Brown University\, stud ied in the Dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama\, where she focus ed on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms\, and taught Latin \, Greek\, and Shakespeare to high school students for over a decade.
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