He was the cunning trickster king, always playing his opponents’ weaknesses against them, lying as easily as other men breathed. He trusted no one, or so the other warriors of Achaia believed. Then he met the one woman who could match him in cleverness and vowed he would have her, no matter what it took.
She was the overlooked daughter and cousin, dark and small when her cousins, Helen and Kleitamaistra, were tall and golden. She was a princess, but knew she would be sacrificed in marriage to buy peace for her uncle’s kingdom. She was a visionary, glimpsing the future and events half a world away in her dreams.
Odysseus went to Sparta to win Helen as his bride, but when he saw Penelope, he knew she was the queen who could protect his precious Ithaka through the turmoil of the future. Their love grew through pain and tears, and held strong for twenty years while vengeful gods kept him from their home. Their love triumphed against enemies who would have stolen kingdom and queen, and became the greatest love story ever told…
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Many moons ago, I fell in love with The Odyssey. Actually, I didn’t know it was called The Odyssey. I was a bored 7th grader, flipping TV channels on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I found a movie with actors in ancient Greek costumes — looked like Greek mythology to me. I LOVED Greek mythology. So I watched. That movie was Ulysses, starring Kirk Douglas. I knew that many movies were based on books, so the next morning I hit the junior high library to learn about Ulysses, and found The Odyssey.
Many moons later, some writing friends knew I wanted to write my idea of Penelope’s side of The Odyssey, and they dared me to do it. That book became, first The Dark One, published by LTD Books, and then when LTD closed their doors, Amber Quill Press picked it up, and published it as The Dreamer’s Loom. That was in 2006. When Amber Quill closed their doors, I regained my rights, and I’ve been waiting for the right time to re-release the book.
With the wildfire popularity of a YouTube phenomenon called “Epic: the Musical,” putting The Odyssey to music, the time is RIGHT.
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