Cassandra of Troy

Great Women of Greek Mythology #11

by Mike French, Vittorio Mattioli, Little Miss Grumpy (Cover)

Cassandra, princess of Troy, is the only person who knows her city is doomed, but no one believes her. Past, present and future jumble together, so she can hardly work out which moment she is living in, let alone save her family and people. It's nearly impossible for her to untangle fact from fiction. What actually happened with Apollo? Which of the many versions of her brother Paris is the real one? Maybe if she can pin down what's true, she'll be able to carve out the last-worst path for those she cares about.

GREAT WOMEN OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY is a series of short books for young and old introducing readers to the ancient world through its heroines. These books aim to bring readers on a journey filled with excitement, drama, death and love, all while focusing on the women that have played such an important role in our history yet are still remembered as mere bystanders.

144 pages, Paperback

Published March 16, 2026

About the author

Mike’s debut novel, The Ascent of Isaac Steward came out in 2011 with Cauliay Publishing and was nominated for The Galaxy National Book Awards which due to an unfortunate clerical error was awarded to Dawn French.

Mike's second novel a dsytopian sci-fi called Blue Friday was released in 2012 by Elsewhen Press and was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke award 2013. Convergence, his third book, was released in October 2013 from Elsewhen Press and was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke award 2014.

In Nov 2015 Elsewhen Press published Mike's hybrid novel & graphic novel called An Android Awakes with artist Karl Brown.

The sequel Fictional Alignment was published in paperback April 2018.

Mike was also the senior editor and owner of The View From Here literary magazine which closed in Nov 2014.