Mestra

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By (author) Miller Madeline

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From the author of the bestselling global sensations The Song of Achilles and Circe comes a remarkable new short story

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From the internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe comes a remarkable new short story

A cursed father, a gifted daughter

Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is gifted a unique ability by Poseidon: metamorphosis into any being she can imagine.

Her father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter, he is in possession of an unnatural, insatiable hunger.

Devoted Mestra suggests using her new gift to help her father. But if his hunger is bottomless, how much will he take from her? Soon she must decide: will she keep helping her father survive, or finally break free?

A jewel-like tale of human fallibility, Mestra confirms Madeline Miller as our high priestess of mythology.

Biographical note:
Madeline Miller is the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the novels The Song of Achilles and Circe, and the short story Galatea. Her books have been translated into forty languages. Miller studied in the Dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms, and has an MA in Classics from Brown University.

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From the author of the bestselling global sensations The Song of Achilles and Circe comes a remarkable new short story

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INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Madeline Miller’s novels, Circe and The Song of Achilles have sold millions of copies the world over across numerous formats

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FIRST RELEASE IN EIGHT YEARS: Mestra is Miller’s long-anticipated fourth original book and marks Miller’s first original release since Circe

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AN UNEXPLORED MYTH: The myth of Mestra and her father Erysichthon has yet to be reimagined by a modern writer, unlike many of the Greek myths, marking this out as a truly singular release in an increasingly saturated market

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FOR READERS OF:Magical, beautifully written reimaginings of classic mythology by the likes of Natalie Haynes (356K TCM) and Jennifer Saint (292K TCM), Pat Barker’s Trojan Women trilogy (439K TCM), and for Madeline Miller’s millions of fans around the world, who have bought The Song of Achilles, Circe and Galatea across their several formats