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The next book in Stephen Frys acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series telling the story of The Odyssey
Sometimes the hardest journey is the way back home
Wily Odysseus King of Ithaca has won Troy for the Greeks after a decade of brutal bloody warfare But now this warrior remembers he is a husband and father and his gaze turns longingly towards home
Setting sail with a small fleet Odysseus dreams of soon lying in the arms of his beloved wife Penelope and of teaching his son Telemachus the ways of a warrior However the gods laugh at the foolish hopes of mortals And angered by this upstart Poseidon God of the ocean realms curses our hero to wander the seas for ten long years
Encountering oneeyed giants sixheaded monsters terrible storms titanic whirlpools hypnotic sirens seductive witches and jealous goddesses Odysseus is tempted and tormented beyond any mans endurance
Yet he is no mere mortal and the lure of his wife and son draws him step by step stroke by stroke ever closer to home and his ultimate destiny
A tale of love and longing return and redemption home and hope Stephen Frys Odyssey sees the author and national treasure weave the final threads of the fabulous story begun in the worldwide bestseller Mythos into an astonishing and mesmerising tapestry for the ages
With his distinctive narration Fry brings warmth exuberance and humour to these ageold stories along with a range of voices The Guardian
Fry is at his storytelling best the gods will be pleased Times
Brilliant all hail Stephen Fry Daily Mail
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