Madeline Miller - Akhilleusz dala (2022)

Paperback version.

A beautiful story of gods and goddesses, kings and queens, immortality and the human heart. The young Patroklos is the scion of kings, yet he is exiled from his home when he unintentionally causes the death of a boy. The young man ends up in the court of the famous hero, King Peleus, where he is brought up together with the king's son, Achilles. Even as a child, the golden-blonde prince is strong, fast and attractive - irresistible to all who meet him. He was destined to be the greatest Greek one day. Patroklos and Achilles could not be more different from each other, yet there is a special, unbreakable bond between them. When Paris, the prince of Troy, kidnaps the beautiful Helen from Sparta, all the heroes of Hellas are called to fight against the Trojans. Achilles cannot resist the temptation of the glory and fame promised to him by the gods, so he joins the Greek armies. And Patroklos, torn between fear and love for his friend, follows him under the walls of Troy, even though he knows that fate will demand a terrible sacrifice from both of them... For the 10th anniversary of the original edition, with a new foreword by the author.