The Song of Achilles

From the author of Circe, an unforgettable epic

Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, a young and awkward prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia, where he lives in the shadow of King Peleus and his divine son, Achilles. Achilles, the best of the Greeks, is everything Patroclus is not: strong, handsome, the son of a goddess. One day Achilles takes the pitiful prince under his wing, and that provisional bond gives way to a strong friendship as both become skilled young men in the arts of war. But fate is never far from Achilles' heels. When news spreads of the abduction of Helen of Sparta, the men of Greece are summoned to besiege the city of Troy. Achilles, seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, joins the cause, and Patroclus, torn between love and fear for his companion, follows him to war. Little did he imagine that the coming years would test everything they had learned and everything they deeply valued.