Odysseus

<p><i>Odysseus: The Oath</i> is the first book in Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Odysseus epic.</p><p>A man becomes a hero . . . </p><p>As a young boy in Ithaca Odysseus listens in wonder to his grandfather Autolykos a man feared by many across the land as a ruthless fighter. He learns of his heritage and a lifelong passion is sparked: to become an adventurer and warrior. </p><p>In Mycenae he meets King Eurystheus and learns the terrible story of Hercules - the man with god-like strength who slaughtered his family and punished by the King to undertake impossible tasks to earn absolution. But is Eurystheus the man he says he is? When a child comes to Odysseus in the middle of the night with another very disturbing version of what happened that fateful night Odysseus embarks on the first of his extraordinary quests . . . </p><p>So begins the epic story of Odysseus the first of two volumes: an adventure of love war courage and heroism weaving from a small rocky island in Greece to the mighty fall of Troy.</p>