A rewriting of an Ovid love story tells of Orpheus, a musician-poet, who takes extreme measures to reclaim the woman he loves after she is bitten by a poisonous snake on her wedding day and is sent away to the Underworld.

Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and Helen of Troy one day, learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses while disguised as a boy, and goes on an adventure throughout the Mediterranean world.Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and Helen of Troy one day, learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses while disguised as a boy, and goes on an adventure throughout the Mediterranean world.

Vivid and twisted - a stunning retelling of the classic Medusa myth. 'Siberia', Ann Halam's most recent novel, received stellar reviews across the board and was shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Fiction Prize. 27/10/06 previously announced on ISBN 184255526X as a 9.99 hardback.

Searching for his true heritage, Phaeton, believing that Apollo, god of the sun, is his father, arrives at the gates of dawn and Apollo's temple where he is granted one wish--to ride the chariot of the sun, which leads to tragedy.