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Black Ships

By Jo Graham

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| Paperback | 9780316068000

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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 DragonThe 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 doContinue

"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 DragonThe 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.

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  • This is one of those books that I've been noticing every time I go into a book shop recently. Finally gave in and bought it as I was heading on a bit of a train journey that day. Glad I did as it is a really well told story. Plot is a retelling of The Aeneid; I know very little about that as I've ne ... (continue)

    This is one of those books that I've been noticing every time I go into a book shop recently. Finally gave in and bought it as I was heading on a bit of a train journey that day. Glad I did as it is a really well told story. Plot is a retelling of The Aeneid; I know very little about that as I've never read it.

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    Dee said on Apr 5, 2009 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

  • Epic story from the world of ancient Greece. Oracle of the Lady of the Dead Gull travels to find a new home.

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    jackie said on Mar 15, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 448 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0316068004
  • ISBN-13: 9780316068000
  • Publisher: Orbit
  • Pub date: Mar 10, 2008
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Others and eBook
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