With the Trojan War over, Odysseus wants only to sail home. But between him and the island of Ithaca wait flowers that make men forget, a one-eyed giant, and the fury of a god of the sea.

A bag that holds all the winds, a sorceress who turns men into pigs, and a song no sailor can resist. The hardest perils of Odysseus's long voyage home.

After twenty years away, Odysseus comes home to Ithaca disguised as a beggar and finds his palace overrun by suitors. Only a test with an old bow, and a secret known to just two hearts, can set everything right again.