And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate.

Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause. When word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, the men of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. As they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something far deeper-despite the displeasure of Achilles’ mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess with a hatred of mortals.įate is never far from the heels of Achilles. Yet one day, Achilles takes the shamed prince under his wing and soon their tentative connection gives way to a steadfast friendship.

Here he is nobody, just another unwanted boy living in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles.Īchilles, “best of all the Greeks,” is everything Patroclus is not-strong, beautiful, the child of a goddess-and by all rights their paths should never cross. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia.

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