First published 2021
In the shadowed halls of Mycenae, King Agamemnon returns from the Trojan War, victorious but haunted. His wife Clytemnestra awaits—not with triumph, but with a deadly calculus of revenge. Years of simmering hatred and past betrayals have transformed her into a calculating predator, ready to strike at the heart of her own royal household. As Agamemnon steps into a trap woven with decades of familial trauma, each moment becomes a razor's edge between survival and destruction. The returning hero has no idea that the greatest battle of his life will not be on distant battlefields, but within the treacherous walls of his own home. A Greek tragedy of intimate violence where personal vengeance collides with cosmic retribution.
Genres: fiction, drama, historical-fiction, ancient
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, intimate-violence
Setting: Mycenae
Period: Trojan War
238 pages · Paperback · Bloomsbury Academic
Content warnings: violence