Her favourite tales are those that conjure ancient worlds - of angry gods and heroic mortals, one of whom will some day come to her rescue. Soon, she will forget where the page ends and her mind begins. 'A full-throttle blast of storytelling mastery' Max Porter

Having survived a plane crash as a baby, the central character is raised in sheltered isolation by an overprotective father. A potential suitor sets out to find the rumoured beautiful woman kept hidden from the world. What follows is an action-packed nautical adventure, spanning the present and the ancient. Haddon's first book in seven years.