Vengeance at Aulis (The Trojan Murders Book 2)

✍ Scribed by King of Ithaca (Mythological character) Odysseus;Tonkin, Peter

• Publisher: Sharpe Books
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 115 KB
• Series: The Trojan Murders 2
• Category: Fiction
• City: United States
• ISBN-13: 9798688390889

✦ Synopsis

In the Port City of Aulis, Greece 1190 BCE, the Greek fleet of a thousand ships, assembled for the attack on Troy, lies becalmed. In the forest groves consecrated to the Goddess Artemis which clothe the hills above the port, a sacred stag and a young priestess lie dead. Superstitious soldiers believe that the outraged Goddess will not release the winds until the man who killed them is unmasked. The soldiers demand that either the killer is found - or the assault on Troy be aborted. Odysseus is asked to look into the case but the closer he gets to the truth, more murders occur until he and his assistant are brutally attacks themselves. Time is running out. The hunters become the hunted.

Homer meets Holmes in this delightful twist on the Iliad. Through the eyes of a young rhapsode, playing Watson to Odysseus's Sherlock, the murder mystery unfurls amid the build-up to the legendary Trojan war. Tonkin has managed to weave a story that remains true to the spirit of the original myths but keeps the reader guessing. With the stage set for further fun as the ancient detective double-act continues on towards Troy, a series of entertaining stories has only just begun.' Peter Sandham, author of the Porphyry Novels -- Amazon.com.

✦ Subjects

Odysseus, -- King of Ithaca (Mythological character)