Under the guise of marriage, Iphigenia arrives at the shores of Aulis expecting to wed the warrior Achilles. However, on the night of her wedding, she’s met not by her groom but by her father wielding a knife. She is to be sacrificed. As the knife plunges towards her, Iphigenia loses consciousness. When she awakens, she finds herself in a strange land, surrounded by unfamiliar faces, and discovers she has lost her voice. Given a new name, she’s trained as a priestess of Artemis. Over time, sailors passing through the city share tales of her father’s siege of Troy. Could one of these sailors carry a message to Achilles that she is alive? And if she can reach Achilles, can she also get a message to her mother or beloved sister to send someone to bring her home? Wilson has crafted a meticulously researched narrative, brimming with entrancing details and emotional depth. Iphigenia’s walk through life vividly depicts the hardships and savagery of the Bronze Age, especially the practice of sacrificial worship as told through the eyes of a character once on the receiving end of it by her own father’s hand. Iphigenia grapples with her new reality as questions arise about her survival and how she ended up on the island of Tauris. Can she accept this new life and find a place of belonging when reminders of her old one keep popping up? The prose captivates with its exquisite, indulgent detail; its evocative quality and the overarching poetic narration by the protagonist are reminiscent of works like Ithaca and Circe. A beautifully told and vividly re-imagined coming-of-age tale set in ancient Greece.