Contents

• Introduction
• THE OTHER ASSASSIN
• THE STRANGER
• GUEST FRIEND
• AGAMEMNON AND THE WORD
• PENELOPE'S ELEGY
• BACCHAE
• ACHILLES AND DEATH
• ONE KINDNESS
• FUGITIVE
• A NIGHT IN THE WOODS
• NO MAN'S WIFE
• DECREMENT
• EPIPHANY
• FRAGMENT
• THE MYRMIDON GOLEM
• THREE ILIUMS
• SIRENS
• THE ILIAD OF ODYSSEUS
• KILLING SCYLLA
• DEATH AND THE KING
• HELEN'S IMAGE
• BRIGHT LAND
• ISLANDS ON THE WAY
• ODYSSEUS IN HELL
• THE BOOK OF WINTER
• BLINDNESS
• A SAD REVELATION
• PHOENICIAN
• INTERMEZZO
• VICTORY LAMENT
• ATHENA IN DEATH
• STONE GARDEN
• CASSANDRA'S RULE
• PRINCIPIA PELAGICA
• AFTER COMING HOME
• FOX
• A MOTE IN OCEANIC DARKNESS
• ATHENA'S WEAVE
• THE LONG WAY BACK
• OCEAN'S DISC
• SANATORIUM
• RECORD OF A GAME
• FIREWORKS
• ALEXANDER'S ODYSSEY
• LAST ISLANDS
• ENDLESS CITY
• Appendix: The History of the Lost Books