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Black Ships

Black Ships

by Jo Graham
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/12/2009

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Haunting and bittersweet, lush and vivid, this extraordinary story has lived with me since I first read it. -- Naomi Novik, author of His Majesty's Dragon The world is ending. One by one the mighty cities are falling, to earthquakes, to flood, to raiders on both land and sea.

In a time of war and doubt, Gull is an oracle. Daughter of a slave taken from fallen Troy, chosen at the age of seven to be the voice of the Lady of the Dead, it is her destiny to counsel kings.

When nine black ships appear, captained by an exiled Trojan prince, Gull must decide between the life she has been destined for and the most perilous adventure -- to join the remnant of her mother's people in their desperate flight. From the doomed bastions of the City of Pirates to the temples of Byblos, from the intrigues of the Egyptian court to the haunted caves beneath Mount Vesuvius, only Gull can guide Prince Aeneas on his quest, and only she can dare the gates of the Underworld itself to lead him to his destiny.

In the last shadowed days of the Age of Bronze, one woman dreams of the world beginning anew. This is her story.
ISBN:
9780316067997
9780316067997
Category:
Historical Fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-12-2009
Language:
English
Publisher:
Little, Brown & Company
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
496
Dimensions (mm):
171x105x25mm
Weight:
0.23kg

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