Trying War: THE HERO TRILOGY BOOK TWO

by Sulari Gentill

Weak-eyed Hero is the beloved daughter of Agelaus, a Herdsman of Mount Ida in whose shadow stands the fortified citadel of Troy. She was raised under the gentle hand of her father, in the protective company of her three wild but noble brothers, Machaon, Cadmus and Lycon. A year ago they had set out in search of Odysseus following the denunciation of their people, and the death of Agelaus, after the bloody fall of Troy. They return having restored the good name of their people, and so it is with joy that sail into what was once the harbour of the Trojan citadel.  But their celebration is short-lived, as the Amazonian army arrives and, after a bloody conflict, they have taken Hero - leading her courageous brothers back into a quest that will test all the strength they have.

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.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication May 26, 2026

About the author

Once upon a time, Sulari Gentill was a corporate lawyer serving as a director on public boards, with only a vague disquiet that there was something else she was meant to do. That feeling did not go away until she began to write. And so Sulari became the author of the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries: thus far, ten historical crime novels chronicling the life and adventures of her 1930s Australian gentleman artist, the Hero Trilogy, based on the myths and epics of the ancient world, and the Ned Kelly Award winning Crossing the Lines (published in the US as After She Wrote Hime). In 2014 she collaborated with National Gallery of Victoria to write a short story which was produced in audio to feature in the Fashion Detective Exhibition, and thereafter published by the NGV. IN 2019 Sulari was part of a 4-member delegation of Australian crime writers sponsored by the Australia Council to tour the US as ambassadors of Australian Crime Writing.

Sulari lives with her husband, Michael, and their boys, Edmund and Atticus, on a small farm in Batlow where she grows French Black Truffles and refers to her writing as “work” so that no one will suggest she get a real job.

THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY, Sulari’s latest novel will be released on 7 June 2022.