{"product_id":"scars-of-odysseus-michael-ironheart-9798295601439","title":"Scars Of Odysseus: Book One The King","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore he was a Legend. Before he was a Monster. He was a Father.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOdysseus, Prince of Ithaca, wants only one thing: to tend his olive groves, govern his rocky island in peace, and love his clever, steel-spined wife, Penelope. He is a man of the earth-a builder, a husband, a gardener. He is not a hero, and he has no desire to be one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the world is a mouth, and it is hungry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the High King Agamemnon invokes the ancient Oath of Tyndareus, demanding every Greek king sail to Troy to retrieve the stolen Queen Helen, Odysseus faces an impossible choice. To save his infant son, he must feign madness. To save his kingdom, he must reveal his sanity. And to survive the war that follows, he must kill the man he used to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the political snake-pit of Sparta to the blood-soaked beaches of Troy, \u003cem\u003eThe King\u003c\/em\u003e strips away the golden myth of the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e to reveal the gritty, horrifying reality of the Bronze Age. This is not a story of gods and glory. It is the story of a ten-year siege that turned a man of peace into the most ruthless strategist in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war will cost him his innocence. It will cost him his friends. But the highest price has yet to be paid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTroy will fall. But can the man who burned it ever go home?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A visceral, psychological deconstruction of the Odyssey. \u003cem\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Ironheart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798295601439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ironheart Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.63d","brand":"Michael Ironheart","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874581065983,"sku":"9798295601439","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scars-of-odysseus-michael-ironheart-9798295601439","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}