ODYSSEY: THE GREAT RETURN - BOOK VIII: KALYPSO - The Temptation of Immortality
He was offered what every man dreams of.
Kalypso, the immortal nymph of Ogygia, saved him from the sea. She gave him food of the gods, a cave of wonders, endless love, and the ultimate gift: IMMORTALITY. To become a god and never die.
All he had to do was forget.
Forget Penelope. Forget Telemachus. Forget Ithaca.
For seven years, Odysseus sits on the rocks of Ogygia, weeping. Not for what he lost, but for what he refuses to lose — his mortal identity. Why does a man who can live forever, choose to die?
Book VIII is the most psychological and powerful book of the series. It is not a battle with monsters, but a battle within. The temptation of a perfect, painless eternity against the beautiful, painful desire for a mortal homeland. Nostos.
Will he stay a god, or return a man?
The Great Return continues.
