Book Description

Victorious in the battle of his life, but set up by the king to be slaughtered with his Argonauts rather than be rewarded as promised, Jason was brave enough to attempt to steal the Golden Fleece against all odds. His people desperately needed its favor and wondrous bounty. But without Medea's help, Jason had no mere mortal hope of getting the Fleece and bringing it home. Medea would have to betray her family and her own people to save the golden giant among men who she came to love. Together they would face the wrath of her father and his army, and take on the gods. But, to what personal end? This Medea is unlike the Medea who most of us have come to know, the dark murderess of Euripides, of Classical Greece (500-400 BC), when the religion of the Sky God Zeus had taken over. Cargill's Jason & Medea is set in Mycenean Greece (about 1250 BC), a time when God was a She. Medea follows her goddess Hecate. This is not the typical male interpretation of history or myth. Based on the Argonautica or The Voyage of the Argo of Apollonius of Rhodes, Cargill's Medea isn't just a witch; rather she is a human being who loves and hurts just as we do. For her love, she has betrayed her family, has set out for an uncertain future in an unknown land, and must somehow reconcile her love for a man with her love of her homeland. From Medea's point of view and intelligence, the reader sees the world of ancient Greece, experiences her anguish, motivations, and aspirations. She is believable, as are the novel's other characters Jason & Medea showcases the combination of Linda Cargill's love of the classics and literature and her talent to fine-tune an action-packed spirited page-turner. Her lyrical languagecomes from her trained ear from reading the ancients. Her story telling craft has been honed in more than twenty young adult horror and suspense novels, one of which, The Surfer, has sold more than 200,000 copies worldwide. To Follow The Goddess, and adult novel about the Trojan War from the point of view of Helen, was Linda's first historical novel. Linda is a member of Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Tucson, Arizona with her family, which includes three cats.