The Iliad

Award-winning graphic novelist Gareth Hinds adapts Homer's epic of the Trojan War for Candlewick Press, bringing the ancient Greek poem to life in a single, lavishly illustrated volume. The series distills the story of Achilles' rage and Hector's fate into a sweeping visual narrative, rendered in Hinds' signature watercolor style. This standalone graphic novel matters as a definitive, accessible entry point into a foundational work of Western literature for modern readers.