Book Description Two women, one war. Helen, at age twelve, is not prepared to deal with her famous beauty: to have the face that will launch a thousand ships, kill fifty thousand men, and cause the fall of the world\'s greatest city....

Four women. Four stories. One man\'s journey. Odysseus. His epic tale has been told countless times, but rarely is it heard through the voices of the women who loved and served him. Penelope, Circe, Athena, Eurycleia: Theirs are the silentvoices, the voices of longing, waiting, strength. They are the women who moved him and motivated him....