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The daring, dazzling and highly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Song of Achilles. "An epic spanning thousands of years that's also a keep-you-up-all-night page turner." — Ann Patchett. "This is as close as you will ever come to entering the world of mythology as a participant. — Margaret George. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power—the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus. But t