✰五週年紀念特別版！附作者新序 ✰入圍女性小說獎 ✰暢銷書《The Song of Achilles》的姊妹篇故事 關於女性、女巫、神話、凡人、棄民、戀人、毀滅者和倖存者，這是Circe的故事…… 在太陽神Helios的和強大的Titans家族的房子裡，一個女嬰出生了。Circe是一個奇怪的孩子——不像父親那樣強大和可怕，也不像母親那樣美麗和唯利是圖，Circe被鄙視和拒絕，在陰影中長大，在神和凡人的世界中都沒有歸屬。 但Circe有自己的黑暗力量：巫術。 當她的天份威脅到眾神時，他被放逐到名為Aiaia的島上，在那裡他磨練出自己的神秘魔法、咒語術、收集奇怪的草藥和馴服野獸，然而，一個單獨的女人永遠不會長時間被遺落──島上來了一位意想不到的訪客：凡人Odysseus，而Circe願意為他冒一切風險，從此開創屬於他自己的故事。 這是一部生動迷人的史詩，講述了家庭爭鬥、愛與失去，頌讚一位女性在男性世界中遇到困難仍然不屈不撓的毅力。 A FIFTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION, FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child - not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. Scorned and rejected, Circe grows up in the shadows, at home in neither the world of gods or mortals. But Circe has a dark power of her own: witchcraft. When her gift threatens the gods, she is banished to the island of Aiaia where she hones her occult craft, casting spells, gathering strange herbs and taming wild beasts. Yet a woman who stands alone will never be left in peace for long - and among her island's guests is an unexpected visitor: the mortal Odysseus, for whom Circe will risk everything. So Circe sets forth her tale, a vivid, mesmerizing epic of family rivalry, love and loss - the defiant, inextinguishable song of woman burning hot and bright through the darkness of a man's world. Companion to the bestselling special hardback edition of The Song of Achilles Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction