The long siege is ended. Troy lies in ashes. The black ships of the Greek war-host set sail for home – but for King Odysseus of Ithaca, the return voyage holds hazards far greater than any he faced in the Trojan War.

A sequel to Black Ships Before Troy, Rosemary Sutcliff's retelling of The Odyssey transforms Homer's complex epic poem into a traveller's tale with a cast of men, magicians and monsters: the flesh-eating Cyclops, the deadly enchantment of Circe and Odysseus's battle to regain his wife and long-lost kingdom.

Robert Glenister is probably best known for his role as Ash Morgan in Hustle. Among his other TV credits are A Touch of Frost, The Ruby in the Smoke and Spooks. On stage, he has been seen in Wrecks, The Winterling, Fathers and Sons and Hamlet.