It was found in draft form after his death and published posthumously.

[1] Golding's final novel tells the story of the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.

[1] Arieka prophesies in the shadowy years of the 1st century BC when the Romans were securing their grip on the tribes and cities of Greece.

The plain, unloved daughter of a local grandee, she is rescued from the contempt and neglect of her family by her Delphic role.

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