Alongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks ? among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine ? war-wife ? to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by visions of his death ? and her own ? while Ritsa is forced to bear witness to both Cassandra?s frenzies and the horrors to come. Meanwhile, awaiting the fleet?s return is Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon. Heart-shattered by her husband?s choice to sacrifice their eldest daughter to the gods in exchange for a fair wind to Troy, she has spent this long decade plotting retribution, in a palace haunted by child-ghosts. As one wife journeys toward the other, united by the vision of Agamemnon?s death, one thing is certain: this long-awaited homecoming will change everyone?s fates forever.