{"product_id":"wrath-goddess-sing-a-novel-paperback-deane-maya-jul-06-2023","title":"Wrath Goddess Sing: A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Deane’s tour de force debut …brings the familiar story to fresh, vivid, and unforgettable new life.” –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDrawing on ancient texts and modern archeology to reveal the trans woman’s story hidden underneath the well-known myths of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, Maya Deane’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWrath Goddess Sing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eweaves a compelling, pitilessly beautiful vision of Achilles’ vanished world, perfect for fans of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSong of Achilles, The Witch’s Heart, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eInheritance \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etrilogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe gods wanted blood. She fought for love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAchilles 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51866005373261,"sku":"4H-DDJO-I5ZZ","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/9147\/6557\/files\/91lTmZe8_9L._SL1500.jpg?v=1773741107","url":"https:\/\/thebookbus.co.uk\/products\/wrath-goddess-sing-a-novel-paperback-deane-maya-jul-06-2023","provider":"The Book Bus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}