THE LAST DRAGON OF ITHACA

Three thousand years ago, Odysseus returned to Ithaca carrying a secret that Homer never recorded.Hidden beneath the island was the last dragon egg—and a warning that one day it would awaken.When archaeologist Elara Theros discovers a forbidden passage from The Odyssey, an earthquake opens an ancient chamber beneath Ithaca. Inside, she finds Asterion, a black-and-gold dragon whose birth awakens forgotten creatures, buried armies and a power imprisoned since the age of the gods.Pursued by an immortal warrior ordered to kill the dragon, Elara must cross a Mediterranean transformed by myth. She and her companions face Poseidon’s merciless storms, an enormous Leviathan, corrupted dragons, skeleton soldiers, a six-pawed tiger and a terrifying Labyrinth that turns lies into prisons.Their journey leads through the Cave of the Missing, where lost spirits desperately seek to reach their loved ones; across the Lake of Reflections, where painful experiences become living enemies; and into the Kingdom of the Dead itself.But Asterion carries a dangerous secret: every time he releases his most powerful fire, the Gates of Tartarus grow weaker.As Mount Etna erupts and ancient dragons rise from their graves, Elara discovers that the gods deliberately changed history. Dragons were never humanity’s enemies. They were its guardians—and the being trapped beneath the world is beginning to awaken.To save humanity, Elara must uncover the truth Odysseus buried, outwit the gods and decide whether the last dragon is the world’s greatest hope—or the key to its destruction.The Last Dragon of Ithaca is an epic mythological fantasy filled with dragons, ancient mysteries, dangerous quests, powerful friendships, slow-burning romance and breathtaking battles.The Odyssey was not merely a story.It was a warning.