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After Troy's Fall: From Ruin to Wings by featherboundprophet
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Odyssey - Homer
27 Jun 2025
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Summary
“You were not made to love, child. You were made to burn. And rise.”
Troy is ash. The gods are quiet. And Themistra—daughter of a captured priestess—is left with nothing but a curse and a voice that is no longer hers.
Bound to speak only truths and riddles the gods slip into her mouth, Themistra is the ruins of a fallen city, a living omen, never a girl. She does not seek safety. She does not seek hope.
But then she is taken to Ithaca, where Odysseus has not returned, and his wife and son bear the weight of a kingdom coming undone. There, amidst the feasting suitors, Themistra finds Telemachus: storm-eyed, stubborn, and lonelier than he dares to admit.
She means to leave. She always does.
But the gods are not idle, and neither is fate. Something in her, something scorched and starved, begins to stir. In a world where women are offerings and omens, Themistra must decide whether she will be vessel, victim, or something new entirely.