Revised and updated from the original, Christy-award finalist Shadow of Colossus.
Enslaved in a World of Money and Power, Tessa Dares to be Free.
Raised as courtesan to wealthy and powerful men, Tessa of Delos serves at the whim of her current patron, the politician Glaucus. After ten years with him, Tessa has abandoned all desire for freedom or love, choosing instead to lock her heart away.
But when Glaucus meets a violent death in his own home, Tessa grasps at a fragile hope. Only she knows of his death. If she can keep it a secret long enough, she can escape.
Tessa throws herself on the mercy of the Greek god Helios, but finds instead unlikely allies in Nikos, a Greek slave, and Simeon, Glaucus’s Jewish head servant. As Simeon introduces her to a God unlike any she has ever known and Nikos begins to stir feelings she had thought long dead, Tessa fights to keep her heart protected.
As an assassination plot comes to light, Tessa must battle for her own freedom—and for those to whom she has begun to open her heart—as forces collide that shatter the island’s peace.
“. . . Readers will find much to enjoy here: fine writing, suspense, mystery, faith, love, and a new look at an old story.” —Publishers Weekly (for Garden of Madness)
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Summary
Reviewer Name: Idoncea I thoroughly love Tracy Higley's books with the settings at the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. Her characters are so believable, the plots are so fascinating & historically accurate, her writing is so vivid¬¬I honestly feel like I am right there in the past with everyone. This book grabbed me right from the start: Tessa is one of the few intelligent women who are respected in Greece, but she is trapped as a \"slave\" to a wealthy politician. She decides to end her futile life, but something unexpected happens that could possibly give her a way out. It's much more complicated than I could have imagined, and the story was riveting and kept me up all night until I finished it!! LOVED this book!!