Lies We Sing to the Sea
core novel 2023 Lies We Sing to the Sea
Record
| First published | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.40 (12,185 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780063234475 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Ithaca lies under a curse. Each spring its people hang twelve young women as an offering to Poseidon, hoping to keep the sea from destroying the island. Leto, a seventeen-year-old orphan whose mother was an Oracle, is condemned to be one of them. Instead she wakes on the shore of Pandou, a forgotten island, where Melantho, a girl sacrificed in an earlier year, now controls the tides. Melantho tells her the curse can end only if Leto kills Mathias, the crown prince of Ithaca and a descendant of Odysseus. Leto agrees to try, but as she gets close to the prince, the plan becomes harder to carry out. The story alternates between Leto, Melantho and Mathias.
Where it sits
- Universe: Lies We Sing to the Sea
- Series: Lies We Sing to the Sea core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Sarah Underwood
Notes
- From the series record (Lies We Sing to the Sea): A standalone retelling of the Odyssey's hanged maids set in a cursed Ithaca.
Sources
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