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No cover — Gerard Doyle, Patrick Bowman: Torn From Troy (AudiobookFormat, 2013, Post Hypnotic Press)

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Published May 27, 2013 by Post Hypnotic Press.

ISBN:: 978-1-927401-60-6

(1 review)

Two-and-a half millennia after it was created, Homer's Odyssey remains one of humanity's most memorable adventure stories. In this re-creation of Homer's classic as a young adult novel, we see the aftermath of the Trojan War through the eyes of Alexi, a fifteen-year-old Trojan boy. Orphaned by the war and enslaved by Odysseus himself, Alexi has a very different view of the conquering heroes of legend. Despite a simmering anger towards his captors, Alexi gradually develops a grudging respect for them. As the Greeks fight off the angry Cicones, weather a storm that pushes them far beyond charted waters, and nearly succumb to the blandishments of the bewitching Lotus-eaters, he realizes that they are not the demons they were said to be, but people like himself.

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Stephanie Jane reviewed Torn From Troy by Gerard Doyle

A clever reinvention of the Odyssey

4 stars

It goes without saying that Torn From Troy has a great storyline because it adapted from one of the greatest ever adventure stories, Homer's Odyssey. However Bowman has cleverly reinvented the tale by telling from the point of view of a Trojan boy. Through his eyes, the all- conquering Greeks are not the typical heroes of legend, but brutal louts who have destroyed his home and his family. I enjoyed how this approach made even Odysseus appear real and human. Torn From Troy is a YA novel and Bowman takes the opportunity to include lots of fascinating description of life in Troy, in the Greek siege camp, and on the boats. Obviously elements such as the Cyclops are fantasy, but nicely blended with factual information too so this book is also a history lesson that doesn't feel like learning! My download was via AudioSYNC and I hope the others in …

It goes without saying that Torn From Troy has a great storyline because it adapted from one of the greatest ever adventure stories, Homer's Odyssey. However Bowman has cleverly reinvented the tale by telling from the point of view of a Trojan boy. Through his eyes, the all- conquering Greeks are not the typical heroes of legend, but brutal louts who have destroyed his home and his family. I enjoyed how this approach made even Odysseus appear real and human. Torn From Troy is a YA novel and Bowman takes the opportunity to include lots of fascinating description of life in Troy, in the Greek siege camp, and on the boats. Obviously elements such as the Cyclops are fantasy, but nicely blended with factual information too so this book is also a history lesson that doesn't feel like learning! My download was via AudioSYNC and I hope the others in the series are available via Audible as I want to continue this journey.