{"product_id":"scars-of-odysseus-michael-ironheart-9798295601750","title":"Scars of Odysseus: Book Two The Exile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe War Was a Mercy. The Sea Is a Grave.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTroy has fallen. The towers of Ilion are ash, and the ten-year slaughter is finally over. Odysseus, the architect of the city's destruction, turns his ships toward the setting sun, believing the worst is behind him. He believes he is going home to heal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe is wrong.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe King\u003c\/em\u003e, Odysseus killed his innocence to survive the war. Now, in \u003cem\u003eThe Exile\u003c\/em\u003e, he must kill his humanity to survive the journey home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCast adrift on a hostile ocean, the King of Ithaca faces a gauntlet of nightmares that steel cannot kill. This is not the \"adventure\" of the poets; this is a descent into the dark. From the drug-induced oblivion of the \u003cstrong\u003eLotus Eaters\u003c\/strong\u003e to the slaughter at the hands of the Laestrygonians, Odysseus watches his fleet-and his soul-whittled down, ship by ship, man by man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are no heroes on the open water. There is only hunger. There is only madness. And as the silence of the sea grows louder than the screams of his dying men, Odysseus realizes a terrifying truth: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo survive the monsters outside, he must become the monster within.\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 9798295601750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ironheart Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50d","brand":"Michael Ironheart","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874581098751,"sku":"9798295601750","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scars-of-odysseus-michael-ironheart-9798295601750","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}