![]() ![]() Taking their cue from the inscription, Diana and Nick set out to find the fabled treasure that Myrina and her Amazon sisters salvaged from the embattled city of Troy so long ago. There she discovers the name of the first Amazon queen, Myrina, who crossed the Mediterranean in a heroic attempt to liberate her kidnapped sisters from Greek pirates, only to become embroiled in the most famous conflict of the ancient world-the Trojan War. Traveling to North Africa, Diana teams up with Nick Barran, an enigmatic Middle Eastern guide, and begins deciphering an unusual inscription on the wall of a recently unearthed temple. But then a mysterious, well-financed foundation makes Diana an offer she cannot refuse. ![]() Diana’s colleagues shake their heads at her Amazon fixation. ![]() Her obsession with the Amazons started in childhood when her eccentric grandmother claimed to be one herself-before vanishing without a trace. Oxford lecturer Diana Morgan is an expert on Greek mythology. From the author of the New York Times bestseller Juliet comes a mesmerizing novel about a young scholar who risks her reputation-and her life-on a thrilling journey to prove that the legendary warrior women known as the Amazons actually existed. ![]()
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