Arrow through the Axes

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Protection:
Filigrane

Année de parution:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781553803256

<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Arrow through the Axes</i> concludes the &#8220;Odyssey of a Slave&#8221; trilogy&#10;that began with the Red Maple&#8211;nominated <i>Torn&#10;from Troy</i>, retelling Homer&#8217;s Odyssey. <b></b></p>&#10;&#10;<p class="MsoNormal">The slave Alexi, now free of his Greek captors, infiltrates&#10;the Greek strongholds of the Bronze Age in search of his sister. In so doing he&#10;participates in the stories of Orestes, son of Agamemnon, as he seeks revenge&#10;for his father&#8217;s murder, and of Telemachus, son of Odysseus, who lands on&#10;Ithaca, the home island of Odysseus, just in time to witness the arrival of a&#10;mysterious stranger. As Alexi comes to understand the damage that the Trojan&#10;War has visited upon its victors, both he and the reader are forced to confront&#10;an unpleasant truth, while Alexi must decide where his allegiance really lies. </p>&#10;&#10;<p class="MsoNormal">Re-casting the Odyssey as a YA adventure, this trilogy&#10;brings ancient mythology to life in a way that traditional retellings cannot.&#10;We see what life would have been like for Bronze-Age warriors as Bowman&#10;interweaves adventure, ritual and historical detail into a realistic and&#10;compelling narrative. Readers who have experienced pop mythology, and now want&#10;to dive deeper, will find Arrow through the Axes especially satisfying, but all&#10;readers will enjoy this powerful excursion into the classic mythology that&#10;shaped western culture.</p>