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Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered bestselling author Natalie Haynes. Divine Might is a female-centered look at Olympus and the Furies, focusing on the goddesses whose prowess, passions, jealousies, and desires rival those of their male kin, including: Athene, who sprang fully formed from her father's brow (giving Zeus a killer headache in the process), the goddess of war and provider of wise counsel;...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"For fans of Ariadne, a spellbinding debut fantasy about a human who gets trapped with the god of Autumn, who brings with him life-threatening danger and a forbidden romance. Under the right circumstances, would even a god fall? Tirne is one of four humans rigorously selected to usher the turn of the seasons into the mortal world. Every year, she escorts the taciturn god Autumn between the godly and human realms. Autumn's seasonal stay among mortals...
Author
Series
Hall of smoke novels volume 2
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"After a brutal war between the gods, Hessa - High Priestess of the Eangen - has brokered a fragile alliance between warring tribes and bought peace to her home. But a new threat is growing in the remnants of the once-great Arpa Empire. Three factions are vying to take the throne, the vast well of raw magical power only accessible to the Emperor. Hessa knows she cannot let this chance pass by - she must intervene, to protect her peoples' hard-won...
4) River Mumma
Author
Publisher
Erewhon, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"Alicia has been out of grad school for months. She has no career prospects and lives with her mom, who won’t stop texting her macabre news stories and reminders to pick up items from the grocery store. Then, one evening, the Jamaican water deity, River Mumma, appears to Alicia, telling her that she has twenty-four hours to scour the city for her missing comb. Alicia doesn’t understand why River Mumma would choose her. She can’t remember all...
Author
Series
Little goddess girls volume 12
Publisher
Aladdin QUIX
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
With some extra magic and the power of friendship, Artemis and Orion help each other on their respective quests.
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Demonstrating the importance of language, community and communication, this...story follows Nüwa, a lonely young goddess -- and the only person on Earth -- who longs for someone to talk to until she finds a way to create a friend whose 'Hello' creates magic"--
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