This adult novel is a retelling of the Aeneid from the point of view of Gull, a Trojan girl who is fathered by a rapist and whose mother is sold into slavery. At a young age Gull is injured by a chariot and apprenticed to Pythia, the oracle of the Lady of the Dead. Gull then beings her journey as a counselor to princes and the oracle to her people. She travels with princes on black ships to find a new home for their people, since Troy was ruined. I thought this was a good read, but not a great one.
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