EliseStark26
For twenty years, Ithaca has waited for its king to come home.
Odysseus left for war when his children were infants, promising his wife, Penelope, that he would return. But years turned into decades, and the king of Ithaca became nothing more than a legend-a hero remembered by everyone except the two children who have spent their entire lives waiting for him.
Now twenty-four years old, Telemachus and his twin sister have grown up without their father. While Telemachus longs to know the man behind the stories, his sister has learned not to place her faith in promises.
Because while Odysseus fought monsters, gods, and the sea, his children grew up without him.
And while Penelope waited for her husband to return, Ithaca slowly became overrun by men determined to claim her throne, her home, and her hand in marriage.
Then, after twenty years lost at sea, Odysseus finally comes home.
But returning to Ithaca is not the same as returning to his family.
His wife is no longer the young woman he left behind. His son is now a grown man. And his daughter-the little girl he never got to raise-has become a woman who has learned to survive without him.
To Ithaca, Odysseus is a legendary hero.
To his children, he is a stranger.
And before the king can reclaim his home, he must first face the family he left behind.