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In ancient Greece, teenage Myrina joins the Moon Riders (a.k.a. the Amazons), befriends the young prophetess Cassandra, and becomes a player in the Trojan War as it wracks her homeland. Despite excessively stylized dialogue and a plot that overextends itself to span more than a decade, Tomlinson presents an admirably strong heroine and competently balances epic and human story elements.