From epic journeys to powerful characters, Greek mythology has fascinated audiences ... The author chooses some of the versions of Ariadne's and Phaedra's myths and makes them really work together ...

The Trojan wars had ended. Odysseus, Greek hero and the King of Ithaca, was desperate to return home to his wife, Penelope, and their son Telemachus, who he had not seen for ten long years.