The international Number One bestseller from the author of The Song of Achilles; shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction

Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE.

In the house of Helios; god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans; a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child - not powerful and terrible; like her father; nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. Scorned and rejected; Circe grows up in the shadows; at home in neither the world of gods or mortals. But Circe has a dark power of her own witchcraft. When her gift threatens the gods; she is banished to the island of Aiaia where she hones her occult craft; casting spells; gathering strange herbs and taming wild beasts. Yet a woman who stands alone will never be left in peace for long - and among her island's guests is an unexpected visitor the mortal Odysseus; for whom Circe will risk everything.

So Circe sets forth her tale; a vivid; mesmerizing epic of family rivalry; love and loss - the defiant; inextinguishable song of woman burning hot and bright through the darkness of a man's world.

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