The Last Amazon

Content : Raised by her grandmother alone in the slums of Athens, Lysia learned to survive. However, her life is turned upside down when the oracle Tiresias, returning from the Underworld, tells her that she is the last heir to the legendary kingdom of the Amazons, defeated by Theseus a generation earlier. Lysia may refuse this destiny that is too great for her, but she becomes a target for both the gods of Olympus and human kings.
Forced to flee Athens, Lysia embarks on an incredible journey to the ends of the known world, fighting to chart her own course. Will she end up forgotten, crushed by history in turn? Or will she become the heroine the seers were waiting for?

Estelle Faye revisits Greek mythology with a contemporary perspective.
A feminist and contemporary look at mythology and its great female figures.