Thetis witnesses this and reacts furiously, sending Achilles away to train with the centaur Chiron on Mount Pelion. When Achilles and Patroclus are 13, they kiss. Eventually, Patroclus meets Thetis, who dislikes him she tells him she wants to make Achilles a god, although Achilles doesn’t want this yet.
Achilles even reveals to Patroclus that he’s prophesized to be the best fighter of his generation. Patroclus accompanies Achilles everywhere, and the two become inseparable. Patroclus remains distant from everyone on the island, but Achilles eventually befriends him. Thetis was forced by the gods to mate with Peleus, producing a half-god son, Achilles. Phthia is ruled by another king, Peleus, who’s married to the sea-nymph Thetis. As punishment, Patroclus’s father strips his son of his title and banishes him to the kingdom of Phthia, which Patroclus knows is a fate worse than death. Later, when Patroclus is back home, he gets into an altercation with a nobleman’s son, pushing the boy and inadvertently killing him. Everyone-including Patroclus-agrees, and Helen chooses Menelaus. He proposes a solution: Helen should choose her husband, and the men should vow to defend him. At the palace, one of the gathered men, Odysseus, worries the suitors will kill one another over Helen. When Patroclus is nine, his father takes him to Sparta, home to the beautiful princess Helen-she’s ready to marry, and Patroclus will make his case as a suitor. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.Patroclus, a young Greek prince, grows up disliked by his father: his mother is intellectually disabled, and his father resents them both for their weakness. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper – despite the displeasure of Achilles’s mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess.īut when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. **OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD****A 10th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION, FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR**WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE INTERNATIONAL SENSATIONA SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER’Captivating’ DONNA TARTT’I loved it’ J K ROWLING’Ravishingly vivid’ EMMA DONOGHUEGreece in the age of heroes.
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