Troy: Shield Of Thunder
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The weather was perfect for sailing.
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The old galley had been repaired, debarnacled, and recalked ready for spring, but new timbers and a coat of fresh paint could not conceal her age, which showed in every line as she lay half in and half out of the shallow water. But in this she had no power to sway him.
He was not by nature a sentimental man; his affable demeanor hid a core of bronze and horn, yet she knew he would never replace the old ship he had named after her. Penelope sighed, a gentle sadness settling over her. I am that ship, she realized.
I am getting old. There is gray in my hair, and the time is swiftly passing.
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But more significant than the fading of her chestnut hair or the increasing lines upon her face, the monthly flows of blood that indicated youth and fecundity were becoming less frequent. Soon she would be past childbearing age, and there would be no new sons for Odysseus. The sadness deepened into sorrow as she remembered pale Laertes and the fever that had melted away his flesh. On the beach Odysseus was striding angrily around the galley, his face red, arms gesturing, bellowing at his crewmen, who hurried to load the cargo.
There was a sorrow among the men, too; she could feel it as she watched them. A few days previously their comrade Portheos, whom they called Portheos the Pig, a fat, jovial, and popular young man who had sailed with the Penelope for many summers, had died.
Troy: Shield of Thunder is a novel by British fantasy writer David Gemmell, forming the second part of his Troy Series trilogy. This novel was released. Shield of Thunder has ratings and reviews. The war of Troy is looming, and all the kings of the Great Green are gathering, friends and enemies, .
His young wife, pregnant with their fourth child, had awoken at dawn to find Portheos dead on their pallet bed beside her. On the Penelope two crewmen were hauling on a heavy bale of the brushwood used for packing cargo in the hold. Suddenly one lost his grip and stumbled, and the other was catapulted into the sea after the stack of wood.
Ho apprezzato particolarmente i giochi in onore delle nozze tra Ettore e Andromaca, con Achille umiliato e forse per questo pieno di rancore verso Ettore. But, in my opinion, i have to say that i like far more the first book Lord of the Silver Bow than this one. Sadly, the author died while writing the third book in this trilogy but his wife completed it for him. The weather was perfect for sailing. Penelope took a deep breath, preparing herself to intervene. It has no clear lead character. Interlacing myth and history, and high adventure, this is epic storytelling at its very best.
Odysseus swore colorfully and turned to his wife, raising his arms in a gesture of despair. Penelope smiled, her spirits lifting as she watched him. He was always happiest when about to leave for foreign shores. Throughout the spring and summer he would roam the Great Green, buying and selling, telling his stories, meeting kings and pirates and beggars. She had made no reply.
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She knew when he would remember her--at each night''s fall, when the dangers of the day had passed, he would think of her and miss her a little. Still she said nothing. The contrast between the two men was remarkable. Odysseus, barrel-chested, loud, and angry, attacked each day as if it were a mortal enemy. Nestor, slim, gray, and stooped, was a small point of calm in the storm of activity on the beach. Although Nestor was only ten years older than her husband, he had the demeanor of an ancient; Odysseus was like an excited child.
She loved him, and her eyes pricked with unaccustomed tears for the journeys and perils he faced. He had returned to her only a few days before, accompanied by Nestor, after a reluctant voyage to Sparta at the request of Agamemnon, king of Mykene. Yet all the while he dreams of a war with Troy--a war he can only fight if we all join with him.
His ego is colossal. What touches Agamemnon touches the world. A fine warrior, a man who had faithfully served Mykene all his life, was declared outlaw and stripped of his land, possessions, and good name. Then his king tried to have him killed.
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