In the original myth, the gods decide the heroes' fates. In Slaves of Troy , that determinism is replaced by algorithm. The "God AI" on Mount Olympus calculates battle outcomes with 99.8% accuracy. The Slaves of Troy are supposed to lose. The book’s central tension is whether human will—specifically the messy, irrational will of a slave who refuses to accept a computer’s math—can defy the logic of empire.
"Join the ranks," the lead figure projected. "The City requires maintenance. The Memory requires guardians." Tim Richards Slaves Of Troy
: It could be a retelling focusing on the gritty, ground-level perspective of a commoner captured during the ten-year siege. In the original myth, the gods decide the heroes' fates