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Odysseus in the Serpent Maze
“Yolen and Harris open a promising series with this tale of the teenage Odysseus encountering storms, pirates, creatures both natural and supernatural – and a wise, practical young woman to take some of the air out of his inflated ego.” Kirkus Review
Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons
“Xena fans take heed... an action-filled encounter with quarreling gods, monsters, rival Amazons and men!”
Kirkus Review
BEFORE THEY WERE HEROES...
"Rescue? Is that what you call it? Throw a rock and then run? And I bet that's as far ahead as you'd planned." Penelope made a face. "Boys! Always thinking about heroics and never about what needs to happen day to day."
Odysseus, Prince of Ithaca, is sheltered, protected – and bored! More than anything he longs for adventure – but the Age of Heroes is over. The monsters have all been slain; the treasures have all been found; there's nothing left for Odysseus to do.
But just as Odysseus is sure that nothing interesting will ever happen to him, the gods step in and stir things up. And the trouble with real adventures is they never go the way you think they should. Pretty soon, the young prince discovers that the hardest part of being a hero is living long enough to tell the tale...
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