Deina is trapped. As one of the Soul Severers serving the god Hades on earth, her future is tied to the task of shepherding the dying on from the mortal world – unless she can earn or steal enough to buy her way out.
Then the tyrant ruler Orpheus offers both fortune and freedom to whoever can retrieve his dead wife, Eurydice, from the Underworld… Continue reading Book Review: Daughter of Darkness
Fifty years ago, Nell’s father wrote The Golden Bones. Part picture book, part treasure hunt, Sir Frank Churcher created a fairy story about Elinore, a murdered woman whose skeleton was scattered all over England. Continue reading Book Review: The Skeleton Key
Taking as his starting point many of the famous tourist sites in the Peloponnese, where the stories are set, John Spurling freshly imagines key narratives from the Greek canon. Continue reading Book Review: Arcadian Nights
A magically trapped god. A stolen lover. And a mystical war on the verge of exploding. Continue reading Book Review: The Forgotten God
Medusa is renowned as a fierce monster who kills men without thinking. Yet what if she was just misunderstood? Continue reading Book Review: Medusa
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