Book description
The World is ending. One by one the mighty cities are falling: to
earthquakes, to flood and to raiders - on both land and sea. In a time
of war and doubt, Gull is an oracle, a mouthpiece of the gods. Daughter
of a slave plundered from fallen Troy, she was chosen as a child to
serve the Lady of the Dead, and it is her fate to counsel kings. When
nine black ships appear as foretold in her dreams, captained by an
exiled Trojan prince, Gull must make her choice. She must decide between
her sacred calling and the most perilous adventure - joining her
mother's people in their desperate flight from slavery. From the doomed
bastions of the City of Pirates to the temples of Byblos, from the
intrigues of the Egyptian court to the haunted caves beneath Mount
Vesuvius, only Gull can guide Prince Aeneas on his quest. And only she
can dare the gates of the Underworld itself to lead him to his destiny.
In the last shadowed days of the Age of Bronze, one woman dreams of the
world beginning anew. This is her story. Jo Graham works in
Washington, DC, where she is the executive director of a partisan
non-profit organization. Since 1992 she has worked in politics in a
variety of roles, including polling, campaign finance, and grassroots
campaign organising. Black Ships is her debut novel.
