Walton Jo - Thessaly The Complete Trilogy (The Just City The Philosopher Kings Necessity) - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Finalist for 2017 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature For the first time Jo Walton's critically acclaimed genre - defying trilogy Thessaly The Just City The Philosopher Kings and Necessity is available in softcover in a single - volume trade paperback omnibus The goddess Athena thought she was creating a utopia. Populate the island of Thera with extraordinary men women and children from throughout history and watch as the mortals forge a harmonious society based on the tenets of Plato's Republic. Meanwhile following his famous spurning by a nymph Athena's ever - curious brother Apollo has decided to live a mortal human life on the island in an effort to gain a better understanding of humanity. But as both Athena and Apollo soon discover even the Just City is susceptible to the iron law that nothing ever happens as planned. And there are sins in Paradise mortal and divine far graver than the everyday ones. In an epic encompassing sandy Mediterranean shores and the farthest reaches of the galaxy Victorian England and Renaissance Italy gods and humans argue fight love and most of all learn from one another in critically - acclaimed author Jo Walton's unique exploration of the human condition Thessaly.
Title: Thessaly The Complete Trilogy (The Just City The Philosopher Kings Necessity)
Author(s): Walton Jo
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Barcode: 9780765399007
Pages: 720 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/12/2017
Series: Thessaly
Category: Myth & Legend Told As Fiction