The goddess offers an alliance against their mutual enemy and a way to leave the Agon behind forever.
Yet as the next hunt dawns over New York City, two participants seek her out: Castor, a childhood friend Lore believed to be dead, and Athena, one of the last of the original gods, now gravely wounded. For years she's pushed away any thought of revenge against the man-now a god-responsible for their deaths. Long ago, Lore Perseous fled that brutal world, turning her back on the hunt's promises of eternal glory after her family was murdered by a rival line. They are hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god and seize their divine power and immortality. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals. (Jan.About the Book Every seven years, the Agon begins. With its inventive combinations of technology and magic, Bracken’s lively take on Greek mythology is an entertaining joyride. Employing crafty nods to ancient epics (“Seven years stretched between them like the wine-dark sea”) alongside gritty action sequences and violence, including sexual assault, Bracken cuts tense moments with Lore’s backstory, told in illuminating flashbacks. Teaming up with Athena to thwart a wrathful villain intent on killing off the gods, Lore balances achieving her destiny-kleos, or legendary honor-with mourning her family. Training in New York City as an underground fighter, Lore lives undetected from those who seek her family’s shield, the aegis, which is “the envy of all the other bloodlines.” When the Agon occurs-the seven days every seven years when gods can be murdered for their powers-Lore is thrust into a world she would rather avoid, taking friend Miles and childhood pal Castor, now Apollo, with her. After her family is brutally murdered, Melora Perseous, known as Lore, is the last of the mortal Perseides. With ambitious worldbuilding and breakneck pacing, Bracken’s (the Passenger series) standalone novel blends Greek mythology and modern-day Manhattan.
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