The second book in the fantasy saga from the author of the famous “Hyperion”... Science fiction based on Homer’s “Iliad”... A book that Locus magazine called “a world of absolutely living characters, action, passion and intelligence”, and Interzone magazine - “an amazing exploration of the themes of courage, friendship, duty and death in the destinies of professional heroes.” Dean Koontz said it best about this amazing epic: “Dan Simmons is simply magnificent!”