“I know the stories they will tell. I’ve heard the echoes of their songs—songs that will outlive us all…
But this song is not theirs. It is mine.”
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“One of those singular books that pulls readers into a completely immersive world with a dazzling story and characters so deftly drawn that you can’t help but ache for them.”–New York Times bestselling author Lisa Maxwell
“Narrated by the fierce women of Troy, Horses of Fire is epic in scope and intricately vivid in the details. Reminding us why myths are timeless and sacred guides, A. D. Rhine brings the ancient world to vibrant life while expertly planting us firmly in history. With lyrical language and spellbinding details, this is a re-imagining that captivates and enchants. I felt every pound of the horse’s hooves, heard every whispered desire, tasted the dust of the land, and fell in love with all four complicated women. You’ll never see the old stories the same way again. Horses of Fire is an immersive and sensory experience of page-turning adventure.”—Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author
Behind the timeless tale you know is the captivating story you never heard…
A sweeping and epic duology in which Troy’s strong, yet misunderstood women take center stage in the most famous war in history.
Andromache is cast as the doting wife of Prince Hector, yet her Amazon warrior name means “battler of men.” The only one with the cunning to outwit the invading Greeks, she must gather a band of outcasts and become the military commander she was born to be before the life she and Hector have built is reduced to ashes. Rhea is a war refugee and a horse whisperer who finally earns a place and sense of belonging in Hector’s stables. To save her new home, she must become an unlikely spy and face down a forbidden love that will test all her loyalties. Helen is blamed by all for starting the Trojan War, but no one knows her real story. To escape her tormentor and foil a plot to undermine Hector, Helen must find the healer within and risk everything by revealing her true face to the one who despises her most.
Set in the wider landscape of the late Bronze Age collapse, this realistic and immersive Troy is a perilous battleground for warriors and politicians alike, not a playground where the fate of men and women make sport for gods and goddesses. It’s a harrowing novel of palace intrigue, the transcendent bond of female friendship, and the everyday bravery of invisible heroes in times of war.
The women of Troy are threads spinning on a single loom. Can they reweave the tapestry of fate?
Get your copy of Horses of Fire, the first installment in an epic duology of the Trojan War unlike any retelling you’ve experienced before!
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"A moving tale in a time of bloody conflict and harrowing resolution, Daughters of Bronze evokes the power, the pain, and the hope of four legendary women trapped within Troy's walls as an epic war rages. It is a story told from behind the scenes, a story of the true weavers of history. Despite knowing their deeds may be forgotten, they fight for themselves and for one another, and seek to confound fate and embrace life in the face of almost certain tragedy."
—Joel H. Morris, author of All Our Yesterdays: A Novel of Lady Macbeth
“Only the accomplished historical novelist can transport us back in time so seamlessly that the past becomes as familiar as the present. The author of Daughters of Bronze has achieved just such a remarkable feat of the imagination and historical research. From the opening chapter, we are transported back in time to the siege of Troy mediated by a series of women whom history has unjustly overlooked. In prose that is both lyrical and compelling, we are invited to touch the beating heart of that doomed, ancient city and share the loves, fears and astonishing courage of the women who inhabited it. This novel is a tour de force.”—Suzanne M. Wolfe, author of The Confessions of X, a novel set in ancient Carthage
Song of great sorrow. Even greater love. Lost between the timeless lines of Homer’s epic, the women of Troy finally stand to be counted. Their story is one you’ve never encountered, and it will change the fate of Troy forever.
Andromache has proven herself a capable leader, but can she maintain that hard-won status now that she is the mother to the city’s long-awaited heir? With enemies closing in, Andromache must bring together a divided city in time to make a final stand.
Rhea is a Trojan spy, but she never expected to find love in the enemy camp. When the final battle lines are drawn, Rhea must decide where her loyalties lie and how much she is willing to lose.
Helen is no longer the same broken woman first brought to Troy as a captive. Given a second chance at life, she must cast off her shroud of grief and use her healing gifts to save Troy’s greatest hope.
Cassandra has seen Troy’s fate. But she knows the truth is only as valuable as the person who tells it . . . and few in Troy value her. All that is about to change. One hero will rise, another will fall . . . and this time, Cassandra will have her say.
From the highest tower to the most humble alley, the bloody beaches to the dusty plain, Daughters of Bronze breathes life into the Troy of myth and history. It is an epic of a thousand invisible actions leading to a single moment, adding a refrain of unexpected light to the legend of Troy.
Read Daughters of Bronze and watch the women of Troy reweave the tapestry of fate.
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“No man or woman born, coward or brave, can shun his destiny.”
― Homer, The Iliad