Wrath Goddess Sing - A Novel

Drawing on ancient texts and modern archeology to reveal the trans woman''s story hidden underneath the well-known myths of The Iliad , Maya Deane''s Wrath Goddess Sing weaves a compelling, pitilessly beautiful vision of Achilles'' vanished world, perfect for fans of Song of Achilles and the Inheritance trilogy . The gods wanted blood. She fought for love. Achilles has fled her home and her vicious Myrmidon clan to live as a woman with the kallai, the transgender priestesses of Great Mother Aphrodite. When Odysseus comes to recruit the "prince" Achilles for a war against the Hittites, she prepares to die rather than fight as a man. However, her divine mother, Athena, intervenes, transforming her body into the woman''s body she always longed for, and promises her everything: glory, power, fame, victory in war, and, most importantly, a child born of her own body. Reunited with her beloved cousin, Patroklos, and his brilliant wife, the sorceress Meryapi, Achilles sets out to war with a vengeance. But the gods--a dysfunctional family of abusive immortals that have glutted on human sacrifices for centuries--have woven ancient schemes more blood-soaked and nightmarish than Achilles can imagine. At the center of it all is the cruel, immortal Helen, who sees Achilles as a worthy enemy after millennia of ennui and emptiness. In love with her newfound nemesis, Helen sets out to destroy everything and everyone Achilles cherishes, seeking a battle to the death. An innovative spin on a familiar tale, this is the Trojan War unlike anything ever told, and an Achilles whose vulnerability is revealed by the people she chooses to fight...and chooses to trust.

Product details

• Authors: Maya Deane
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.06.2023
• EAN: 9780063161191
• ISBN: 978-0-06-316119-1
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, Historical fantasy, Ancient History, Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, FICTION: Fantasy / Historical, FICTION: LGBTQ+ / Transgender, FICTION: LGBTQ+ / Lesbian, LITERATURE: MYTHOLOGY FAIRY TALES, FICTION: Historical / Ancient