In the turbulent world of the Mediterranean Bronze Age, Hylas, a lowly twelve-year-old goatherd, thief, and outsider, journeys from the Greek mountains to Crete and Egypt, making allies with animals, battling tyranny, and withstanding the elemental powers of the gods of land and sea.

"First published in the United States of America by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2012."--Title page verso. Includes an excerpt of the author's, Gods and warriors. The burning shadow.