About this audiobook
Odysseus sets out again after finding that the return he once desired cannot restore the world he remembers. His journey leads towards Egypt and an encounter with Helen, whose beauty becomes part of a search that reaches beyond ordinary adventure. The pursuit of an ideal draws the wanderer into rival desires and the dangerous expectations of others.
H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang combine Greek and Egyptian legendary traditions in a romance of longing and uncertainty. Queen Meriamun's presence brings another powerful will into a world where appearances, visions and private intentions can be difficult to distinguish. The hero's own desire does not guarantee that he understands what he seeks.
The novel explores beauty, possession and the cost of making an imagined perfection the purpose of a life. Its mythic setting invites readers to follow an adventurous narrative while considering the distance between loving another person and pursuing the image that person has come to represent.
