A journey through time without a spaceship, without a time machine. The famous American science fiction author turns her attention to Lavinia, a secondary character in Virgil's Aeneid. The daughter of King Latinus was an unusually silent presence in the Aeneid, despite the fact that a civil war nearly broke out when Aeneas dueled for her with Turnus.

However, Le Guin decided to bring her out of literary obscurity by giving her a voice and delved into the mythical world of Lavinia, reshaping myth and History. Le Guin's Lavinia is a woman who, with determination and resolve, tries to set her own terms within the male-dominated environment.