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Black Ships

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Black Ships

Contributors:

By (Author) Jo Graham

ISBN:

9781841496993

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Imprint:

Orbit

Publication Date:

1st September 2008

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

813.6

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

448

Dimensions:

Width 126mm, Height 196mm, Spine 27mm

Weight:

311g

Description

The World is ending. One by one the mighty cities are falling: to earthquakes, to flood and to raiders - on both land and sea. In a time of war and doubt, Gull is an oracle, a mouthpiece of the gods. Daughter of a slave plundered from fallen Troy, she was chosen as a child to serve the Lady of the Dead, and it is her fate to counsel kings. When nine black ships appear as foretold in her dreams, captained by an exiled Trojan prince, Gull must make her choice. She must decide between her sacred calling and the most perilous adventure - joining her mother's people in their desperate flight from slavery.

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.

Reviews

'Haunting and bittersweet, lush and vivid, this extraordinary story has lived with me since I first read it' Naomi Novik

Author Bio

Jo Graham works in Washington, DC, where she is the executive director of a partisan non-profit organization. Since 1992 she has worked in politics in a variety of roles, including polling, campaign finance, and grassroots campaign organising. Black Ships is her debut novel.

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