Trying War

Hero is the beloved daughter of Agelaus, a Herdsman of Mount Ida—until the Amazons claim her as their queen. A year has passed since Hero and her wild but noble brothers left the ruins of Troy in search of Odysseus. And so it is with joy that they sight home from the bow of their ship.

But their celebration is short-lived. The Amazons await them, stealing Hero and leaving only blood in their wake. Machaon, Cadmus and Lycon set out to rescue their sister from a destiny they know she does not want.

Once again the Herdsmen of Ida are caught in unfolding legend—facing monsters, murderers and the gods at war, in a desperate attempt to challenge what the fates have decreed.

About the Author

Published in English in Australia, the UK and the US, and in the translation in more than a dozen territories, Sulari Gentill is the author of The Hero Trilogy and the multi-award-winning Rowland Sinclair Mysteries, ten historical crime novels (thus far) chronicling the life and adventures of her 1930s Australian gentleman artist. The first book in this series was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the second won the Davitt Award.

The remaining books have been variously shortlisted for the Davitt Award, the Ned Kelly Award, and the Australian Book Industry Association Awards. In 2018, Gentill’s After She Wrote Him won the Ned Kelly Award and was shortlisted for the Davitt Award,The Woman in the Library, published in 2022, was a USA Today Bestseller, nominated for an Edgar Award (US), an Amazon Editor’s Pick, a Goodreads Most Anticipated Read and won the CrimeFictionLover Award (UK).

The Mystery Writer was released in March 2023, and was a LibraryReads pick for that month and selected as one of Bookbub's Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2024. It too was and Amazon Editor's Pick, and an Amazon Best Book of March. Five Found Dead will be published in the US, UK and Australia in 2025. Sulari lives with her husband, Michael, their boys, Edmund and Atticus, two donkeys, a miniature horse, four dogs and cat, a on a small farm in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains, where she grows French Black Truffles and writes.