El mar en ruinas

The Ruined Sea begins where the Odyssey ends. Penelope, for once, takes the lead in offering her version of events, weaving a surprising continuation of the great universal classic, full of unforgettable adventures and scenes. Homer's immortal characters speak again with their human voices, voices that also resonate with the splendid and atrocious mask of Greek myths. A novel of enormous scope and ambition, yearning for epic grandeur, clothed in sumptuous language that transcends mere narrative effectiveness to delve into the dark mechanisms of power, madness, and the forging of legends. After his long journey home and some years of happiness in Ithaca, Odysseus sets out in search of Ulysses, an unknown warrior to whom the Greek bards attribute his exploits and who, it seems, has not yet returned home. Penelope takes the reins once more as the weary hero sets sail again, in search of a past that emerges amidst the reefs of old dangers, the echoes of former lovers –Circe, Calypso– and the shadow of an unexpected and terrible enemy.