This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of them all . .
.
In the middle of the night, a woman wakes to find her beloved city engulfed in
flames. Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the
Trojans are over. Troy has fallen.
From the Trojan women whose fates now lie in the hands of the Greeks, to the
Amazon princess who fought Achilles on their behalf, to Penelope awaiting the
return of Odysseus, to the three goddesses whose feud started it all, these are
the stories of the women whose lives, loves, and rivalries were forever altered
by this long and tragic war.
A woman’s epic, powerfully imbued with new life, A Thousand Ships puts the
women, girls and goddesses at the center of the Western world’s great tale ever
told.
As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which
option suits her best...
You were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant. You stand by helplessly as he
sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign
shore, and you comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. Because this
was not the first offence against you. This was not the life you ever deserved.
And this will not be your undoing. Slowly, you plot.
But when your husband returns in triumph, you become a woman with a choice.
Acceptance or vengeance, infamy follows both. So, you bide your time and force
the gods' hands in the game of retribution. For you understood something long
ago that the others never did.
If power isn't given to you, you have to take it for yourself.
A blazing novel set in the world of Ancient Greece for fans of Jennifer Saint
and Natalie Haynes, this is a thrilling tale of power and prophecies, of
hatred, love, and of an unforgettable Queen who fiercely dealt out death to
those who wronged her.
Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her
parents are on the losing side of the war between the ruling Titans and new
Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken by her mother Asteria to the Underworld, where
Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Meanwhile, Asteria is pursued across the
world by Zeus and Poseidon and, to escape their clutches, transforms herself
into an island in a stormy sea.
Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up amongst the horrors and beauties of the
Underworld, desperate to find her divine purpose and a sense of belonging in
the land of the dead.
When Hekate finally uncovers her powers and ascends to Goddess status, she
realises that even the most powerful Olympians are terrified of her. But when
immortal war breaks out again, threatening to destroy everything from Mount
Olympus to the Underworld itself, the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy is
the only one who can bring the deadly conflict to an end. . .
MEDUSA breathes new life into an ancient story and echoes the battle that women
throughout millennia have continued to wage – the opportunity to simply be
heard.
