Chapter 1

She wanted no husband, no children. And so, she dedicated herself to him. They came to an unusual arrangement, and he granted her a great gift. But a beautiful woman--some would later call her the most beautiful woman in the world--would shatter Cassandra's peace. Sometimes, seeing the arrow will not help you dodge its course. Sometimes, seeing the arrow is worse than its strike.

A shorter, sexier version of the Iliad, from the perspective of the doomed Cassandra, Trojan princess and servant of Apollo.