Odyssey | Specialerbjudande

Wily Odysseus, King of Ithaca, has won Troy for the Greeksafter a decade of brutal, bloody warfare. But now this warrior remembers he is a husband and fatherand his gaze turns longingly towards home. Setting sail with a small fleet, Odysseus dreams of soon lying in the arms of his beloved wife Penelope, and of teaching his son Telemachus the ways of a warrior. However, the gods laugh at the foolish hopes of mortals. And, angered by this upstart, PoseidonGod of the ocean realmscurses our hero to wander the seas for ten long years. Encountering one-eyed giants, six-headed monsters, terrible storms, titanic whirlpools, hypnotic sirens, seductive witches and jealous goddesses, Odysseus is tempted and tormented beyond any mans endurance. Yet he is no mere mortaland the lure of his wife and son draws him, step by step, stroke by stroke, ever closer to home and his ultimate destiny . . . A tale of love and longing, return and redemption, home and hope, Stephen Frys Odyssey sees the author and national treasure weave the final threads of the fabulous story begun in the worldwide bestseller, Mythos, into an astonishing and mesmerising tapestry for the ages.