Original author: Sophocles
Retold by author: Noe Venable

Things are bad in the city of Thebes. There is a terrible disease called the plague, and many people are dying. Babies die even before they are born. The people pray to the gods and ask them to end the suffering. Then, King Oedipus, the King of Thebes, gets a message from the gods. The gods tell Oedipus that they have put a curse on the city of Thebes because of a murder that has never been solved. Thebes will be cursed until the king can find and punish the murderer. Oedipus sets out to solve the crime, but he soon learns that this crime is not the only mystery to be solved. It turns out that there is a horrible secret in the king’s past. Who is King Oedipus? Read this book and find out.

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