When Odysseus must leave his home to fight the Trojan War, he never imagines that he'll be away from his family for so many years. Now, at long last, he is leading his men home across the seas. But many dangers await them and none is more terrifying than Polyphemus, the one-eyed giant.

Odysseus and his men have defeated the one-eyed giant, but his curse follows them at every turn. Cast out to the open seas by the wind god, Odysseus' fleet continues the difficult voyage home. But first they must take on giant cannibals and outwit a beautiful witch, who reveals Odysseus' next challenge -- a journey to the feared Land of the Dead.

Odysseus and his men have done what no other mortals have done: returned alive from the Land of the Dead. Now Odysseus is determined to finally sail home to Ithaca. But the enchantress Circe tells him that the Greeks will face even more horrors on their journey, including an encounter with Scylla, the six-headed monster, and Charybdis, the deadly whirlpool. Who will survive these terrors -- and how?

After twenty years of fighting monsters, weathering the loss of his men, and angering gods and goddesses, Odysseus is more desperate than ever to return home. Meanwhile, his wife, Penelope, and their son, Telemachus, are warding off the men who want to marry her. Then a mysterious stranger gives Telemachus the courage to confront the suitors, and to search for his long-lost father. Could the stranger be the goddess Athena in disguise?

In these books based on episodes from Homer's Odyssey, Mary Pope Osborne brings to life the exciting adventures of one of the greatest heroes of all time.

In the last book of the series based on episodes from Homer's Odyssey, Mary Pope Osborne brings one of the greatest adventures of all time to a dramatic climax.