Lies We Sing to the Sea
(Young Adult Book)

Each Spring, Ithaca condemns twelve maidens to the noose--a sacrifice to Poseidon, to keep the sea god's unforgiving curse at bay. For seventeen years, Leto has escaped the curse's mark. Until now. Death, however, is not what Leto thought it would be. Instead she wakes on a mysterious island, greeted by a beautiful girl with the power to command the sea. Melantho tells her Ithaca's sacrifices are the legacy of the great Odysseus: payment for the lives of his queen Penelope's twelve maids, mercilessly hanged and cast into the depths centuries ago. And Leto, returned from Poseidon's grasp, has the chance to end it all--by killing Ithaca's prince. But Prince Mathias is just as desperate to break the curse, and Leto is soon torn between Melantho's quest for justice and Mathias's hope for a gentler path. If they can find another way to stop the deadly cycle, they will save thousands. But if they fail, the tides of fate will drown them all.