In her husband Odysseus' absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace - a peace that is shattered by the return of Orestes, King of Mycenae. Orestes' hands are stained with his mother's blood. Now, wracked with guilt, he is slowly losing his mind. Penelope knows destruction will follow in his wake as surely as the furies circle him. Penelope fights to keep her home from being crushed by war - and her only allies are Elektra and Helen of Troy. Watching over them all is the goddess Aphrodite, who has plans of her own. Each woman has a secret. And their secrets will shape the world.
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