Hades' Daughter (The Troy Game, Book #1)
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- Synopsis
- Hades' Daughter is a 600 page historical fantasy novel written by the Australian writer Sara Douglass, author of three popular fantasy series, The Wayfarer Redemption, The Troy Game, and The Crucible. Hades' Daughter is the first book in the Troy Game; The other novels in this series in order are Gods' Concubine, Darkwitch Rising, and Druid's Sword. The summary by Tor Books reads as follows. ANCIENT GREECE: A place where the gods hold mortal lives cheap, mere playthings to amuse, delight, and abuse at their will. But those puny mortals are not wholly devoid of power, for at the cores of their fabulous city-states lie the Labyrinths, where they can shape the powers of the heavens to their own design. When Theseus entered the Labyrinth and came away with the prize of freedom and his beloved Ariadne, Mistress of the Labyrinth, his future seemed assured ... until be abandoned her for the unforgivable sin of bearing him only a daughter, and the world changed. From that day forward, all the Labyrinths in the ancient world started to decay. It slowly became clear that power was fading from the city-states. Was it the natural decline that comes to all cultures or was it because the power of the Labyrinth had been corrupted by a woman spurned? A hundred years pass-Troy has fallen and the Trojans are a scattered and humbled people. The warrior Brutus is of the line of kings and gods. He wears the golden kingship bands of Troy proudly, but they are his only mementos of a former glory, for he is a man without a country and is left little else but pride and a memory of the latent power that he could wield if but given a chance. When he receives a godsent vision of a distant shore where he can rebuild the ancient kingdom, he will move heaven and earth to reach his destiny. Ever westward he is drawn, to a lovely and mystical green land that offers him a haven-and a dream of a new beginning.
- Copyright:
- 2003
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 584 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780765305404
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 06/21/06
- Copyrighted By:
- Sara Douglass Enterprises Pty. Ltd.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Roger Drewicke
- Proofread By:
- David H. Carter
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.