The World's Desire

The World's Desire is an adventurous  fantasy novel first published in 1890 and written by H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang.

Odysseus returns home from the war, but does not find the peace and quiet which he craves. His home is ravaged, and his wife Penelope is dead. He communicates with an old flame, the beautiful Helen of Troy, who sends him to his ultimate and defining last journey.