Lavinia

The last novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in 2008. Awarded the Locus Literary Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2009).
The hero of Virgil's "Aeneid" fights for the right to possess the daughter of King Latinus, with whom he is destined to found an empire. However, Lavinia is devoted only a few lines in the poem. In Ursula K. Le Guin's novel, Lavinia finds her voice: she tells the story of her life—from a young girl who became the cause of a bloody war, yet stubbornly following her chosen fate, to maturity filled with the joys of motherhood and the bitterness of loss.