The Armour of Achilles

✍ Scribed by Iliffe, Glyn

• Book ID: 108569510
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 329 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781447205098

✦ Synopsis

The siege of Troy is in its ninth year.

The Greeks, with Achilles at their head, have inflicted numerous defeats on the Trojans, but Troy itself still stands. When Agamemnon is threatened with mutiny by a disillusioned army wanting to return home he changes his tactics by ordering a series of attacks on the allies of Troy, thus depriving the city of reinforcements, trade and supplies. But even this cannot draw the Trojans out from behind their walls.

Odysseus, Eperitus and their men have become hardened soldiers. Tired and bitter about the war, Odysseus just wants to return home to his island Kingdom of Ithaca. But while Agammenon is still determined to revenge himself upon Troy for the theft of Helen by Paris, then Odysseus is held by the oath that he himself created. Eperitus is tormented by his own oath: sworn to protect the very man who murdered his daughter.

As the war continues, Odysseus realises that sheer numbers will never overwhelm Tory, if he is ever to return home, then he must use cunning and guile to bring about its downfall . . .

Review

"Another gripping and thrilling tale from the new demigod of the genre, one which fans will relish getting stuck into." — Catholic Herald

"An epic feat . . . a thrilling adventure full of bloody battles, vibrant characters and the heart-stopping romance that makes ancient Greece so universally appealing." — Lancashire Evening Post

About the Author

Glyn Iliffe is the author of the Adventures of Odysseus series.