text: 's 1961 long poem Helen in Egypt features Achilles prominently as a figure whose irrational hatred of Helen traumatizes her, the bulk of the poem's plot being about her recovery.Akhilles is killed by a poisoned Kentaur arrow shot by Kassandra in Marion Zimmer Bradley's novel The Firebrand (1987).Achilles is one of various 'narrators' in Colleen McCullough's novel The Song of Troy (1998).The Death of Achilles (Смерть Ахиллеса, 1998) is an historical detective novel by Russian writer Boris Akunin that alludes to various figures and motifs from the Iliad.The character Achilles in Ender's Shadow (1999), by Orson Scott Card, shares his namesake's cunning mind and ruthless attitude.Achilles is one of the main characters in Dan Simmons's novels Ilium (2003) and Olympos (2005).Achilles is a major supporting character in David Gemmell's Troy series of books (2005–2007).Achilles is the main character in David Malouf's novel Ransom (2009).The ghost of Achilles appears in Rick Riordan's The Last Olympian (2009).He warns Percy Jackson about the Curse of Achilles and its side effects.Achilles is a main character in Terence Hawkins' 2009 novel The Rage of Achilles.Achilles is a major character in Madeline Miller's debut novel, The Song of Achilles (2011), which won the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction.The novel explores the relationship between Patroclus and Achilles from boyhood to the fateful events of the Iliad.Achilles appears in the light novel series Fate/Apocrypha (2012–2014) as the Rider of Red.Achilles is a main character in Pat Barker's 2018 novel The Silence of the Girls, much of which is narrated by his slave Briseis.Achilles is the main character of Wrath Goddess Sing, a 2022 novel by Maya Deane, depicted as a transgender woman and daughter of Athena.