Agamemnon, Greek Trojan War commander, sacrifices his daughter to win victory at sea. When the goddess Artemis, pissed he’s killed her sacred stag, calms the waters at Aulis and stalls the fleet, Agamemnon appeases her by sacrificing his beautiful daughter Iphigenia, even convincing Iphigenia that submitting to death is an act of heroism. For the story of another bad dad, read The Great Stork Derby, based on an actual contest in which a husband pressures his wife to have babies for cash and, fifty years later, learns the true meaning of fatherhood. Read more about the book in NOVELS.
