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Lore
898 pages
A blood-soaked, high-stakes urban battle royale where ancient myth collides with modern grit.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like sprinting through the neon-lit, blood-spattered streets of New York City while carrying the weight of ancient history on your shoulders. It is a propulsive, cinematic experience that seamlessly marries the epic grandeur of Greek mythology with the gritty, cutthroat tension of a modern battle royale. The atmosphere is thick with dread, betrayal, and the metallic tang of vengeance, keeping the reader on edge as the stakes continuously escalate. The prose is sharp and action-driven, prioritizing momentum and visceral combat over quiet introspection. It is a perfect match for readers who crave fierce, battle-hardened heroines, relentless pacing, and stories where the burden of legacy must be shattered by sheer, defiant willpower.
- Mood
- cinematic
- tense
- blood-soaked
- mythic
- urban-gritty
- Tone
- intense
- urgent
- defiant
- gritty
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- burden of legacy · cycle of violence · reclaiming agency · grief and vengeance · price of power
- The writing
- Action-driven and cinematic, blending modern urban grit with the sweeping grandeur of ancient myth.
- The arc
- From reluctant isolation and buried trauma to a fierce, defiant confrontation with a blood-soaked past.
- Who it's for
- Fans of high-stakes urban fantasy and modern mythological retellings who crave fierce, battle-hardened heroines.
Content notes
- graphic violence
- murder
- grief
- blood and gore
- trauma
About the book
Every seven years, the Agon begins. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals. They are hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god and seize their divine power and immortality.
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. For years she's pushed away any thought of revenge against the man—now a god—responsible for their deaths.
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.
The goddess offers an alliance against their mutual enemy and a way to leave the Agon behind forever. But Lore's decision to rejoin the hunt, binding her fate to Athena's, will come at a deadly cost—and it may not be enough to stop the rise of a new god with the power to bring humanity to its knees.
Description from Open Library.
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