From the acclaimed author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar comes a luminous retelling of the myth of Medea, and her turbulent relationship with the questing Jason.
'This is what no one tells you, in the songs sung about Jason and the Argo. This part of his quest has been forgotten, by everyone but me.'
Jason and his Argonauts set sail to find the Golden Fleece. The journey is filled with danger, for him and everyone he meets. But if he ever reaches the distant land he seeks, he faces almost certain death.
Medea – priestess, witch, and daughter of a brutal king – has the power to save the life of a stranger. Will she betray her family and her home, and what will she demand in return?
Medea and Jason seize their one chance of a life together, as the gods intend. But their love is steeped in vengeance from the beginning, and no one – not even those closest to them – will be safe.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781529061543
Number of pages: 368
Dimensions: 234 x 153 mm
Witty, gripping, ruthless - Margaret Atwood, bestselling author of The Testaments, on Stone Blind
An exceptionally powerful retelling of Medusa's story, an emotional gut punch of a novel . . . It is a dazzling achievement - Elodie Harper, bestselling author of The Wolf Den Trilogy, on Stone Blind
Inventive and playful . . . [and] very funny - The Times on Stone Blind
With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War - Madeleine Miller, bestselling author of Circe, on A Thousand Ships
Absorbing and fiercely feminist . . . A many-layered delight - The Guardian on A Thousand Ships
A sparkling narrative . . . A Thousand Ships blows the dust off the classics - The Washington Post on A Thousand Ships
Haynes balances a fresh take on the material . . . giving new voice to the often-overlooked but fascinating Jocasta and Ismene - Madeleine Miller, bestselling author of Circe, on The Children of Jocasta
A wonderful and inventive take on an ancient tale - The Times on The Children of Jocasta
Glorious, gripping and brutal . . . I loved it - Victoria Derbyshire, journalist and broadcaster, on The Children of Jocasta
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