Euryale by Kara Dalkey

"This singularly interesting fantasy...Her understanding of characters from the past and their motivations is very nearly at the level off a such as classical historical novelist as Mary Renault, with a talent to arouse full empathy in the modern reader". -- Booklist

"...quietly written, moving narrative...[with] emotional intrigue in plenty...Kara Dalkey is a writer of unusual strength and versatility..." -- Dragon

Fantasy, magic, mystery and romance deftly woven into a story of gods and monsters, dark secrets and strange omens...

Veiled against the world, and served only by the blind and short-sighted, Euryale comes to Republican Rome seeking the answer to the riddle: "What can change stone into living flesh?" A witch might help her, but only if Euryale is willing to sacrifice the living in order to bring life to stone. A handsome Chaldean philosopher may possess the answer, but she must trust him with all her secrets in order to gain the solution to her dilemma.

All-Powerful.
All-Consuming.
All-Eternal.
Such are the dangers of forbidden love.

"The versatile Dalkey...has done an excellent job of making her characters believable people, living ordinary lives in ancient Rome..." -- Locus

Kara Dalkey has written fifteen novels and a dozen short stories, all fantasy, historical fantasy or science fiction. Her work has been nominated for the Tiptree and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards. Dalkey's most recent publications are Water, a trilogy of Young Adult novels she describes as "the Atlantis and Arthurian myths mixed in a blender." Her most recent short stories have appeared in the Firebirds anthologies and Tales of the Slayer II. Her current project is an alternate history/fantasy set in early California. A native of Los Angeles, Kara now lives in the Seattle area, land of coffee lovers, writers, musicians and other creative eccentrics, where she feels right at home.