A rival bloodline led by Wrath, a hunter who slayed Ares and inherited his powers to become a god himself, viciously murdered Lore’s family during the last Agon, and though Lore is a highly skilled fighter, she went into hiding to avoid sharing her family’s fate.īut when the Agon begins again in New York City, Athena, one of the last remaining gods, comes knocking at Lore’s door. Seventeen-year-old Melora “Lore” Perseous is the descendant of Greek hero Perseus, and as the last of her bloodline, she’s gone to great pains to remove herself from the Agon’s brutality. For example, a god’s healing powers can help create a pharmaceutical company, the powers of war are a boon to a weapons manufacturer, and so on. Once an Agon ends, the family reaps the benefits of their deity’s powers, which they can use to build family-owned business empires. Each heroic bloodline is sworn to protect a god, but these hunters are also eager to slay other families’ gods in order to seize the deities’ divine power and immortality. After thousands of years, many of the gods haven’t survived, as they’ve been hunted down by the descendants of ancient Greek heroes. Well, they don’t so much walk as fight for their lives. Readers who love complex, mythology-based fantasies, meet your newest obsession.įor seven days every seven years, Greek gods must walk the earth as mere mortals during a period they call the Agon.

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