Odysseus On The Rhine — EDWARD S. LOUIS

Odysseus, home from the Trojan War, grows restless after his wife, Penelope, dies, and dreams of new conquests. Diomedes arrives to tell him of surviving Trojans who have settled in the far north, a land of golden-haired woman, and set up themselves as gods. Odysseus knows what he has to do, and prepares for one final voyage. One of the Greeks' greatest heroes journeys to a strange land filled with danger and adventure. He faces obstacles from the gods and meets old and new friends in this novel that tells what happened after the Trojan War and the Odyssey. His trip up the Rhine to the new kingdom of the Trojans is also a time for reflection on his life and the events that have shaped him, and made him into the warrior and man that he is. Deftly combining ancient myth and legend with a new spin on one of mythology's oldest characters, Edward S. Louis has woven a spellbinding story both of what might have been, and never could be.

Edward S. Louis lives in Wisconsin where he teaches and does scholarly work on early literatures. He and his wife, a painter, enjoy travel in Europe and practice Mediterranean cooking and amateur archeology.