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Apr 22, 2013JCLGreggW rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a fictionalized version of Virgil's Aenid, which I was lucky enough to avoid reading in high school. Graham takes the myth of Rome's founding by a prince of Troy and turns it on its head, telling the story through the eyes of a half-Trojan/half-Greek slave girl, Gull. She is taught fragments of her people's heratige, but ultimately meets her destiny as her people's priestess when a exiled prince sailing a group of black ships looking for Trojan refugees to piece their society (shattered by the Greeks) back together. Gull joins the refugees while they try to outpace Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles, who wants to erase any remnant of his fathers' enemies. Graham weaves a tale that can go both in historical fiction or supernatural, but always remains honest and compelling. Gull is a fascinating character, strong and passionate, and even though I started this novel more interested in the Greek history and myth, I was quickly drawn in to her story.