the oracle queen a three dark crowns novella kendare blake

Because if they can't, fates far worse than death await. As the struggle escalates, Athena and Cassandra must find a way to work together. The war takes them across the globe, searching for lost gods, old enemies, and Achilles, the greatest warrior the world has ever seen. And Athena fears that Cassandra's hate will get them all killed. Cassandra suspects Athena lacks the will to truly kill her own family. The alliance between Cassandra and Athena is fragile. If she can't have that, then the other gods will burn, starting with his murderer, Aphrodite. But all she wants is for the god she loved and lost to return to life. If not, at least she'll have killed the bloody lot of them, and she and Hermes can die in peace.Ĭassandra Weaver is a weapon of fate.

If Athena is lucky, the winning gods will have their immortality restored. She's ready to wage a war of her own, and she's never liked him anyway. All of them rage against their last breath.Īres, god of war, is leading the other dying gods into battle. Athena will need every advantage she can get, because immortals don’t just flicker out.Įvery one of them dies in their own way. But these anti-gods have become corrupted in their desperation to survive, horrific caricatures of their former glory. But she could be the key in a war that is only just beginning.īecause Hera, the queen of the gods, has aligned herself with other of the ancient Olympians, who are killing off rivals in an attempt to prolong their own lives. These days, Cassandra doesn’t involve herself in the business of gods-in fact, she doesn’t even know they exist. Their search leads them to Cassandra-an ordinary girl who was once an extraordinary prophetess, protected and loved by a god. So much for living a quiet eternity in perpetual health.ĭesperately seeking the cause of their slow, miserable deaths, Athena and Hermes travel the world, gathering allies and discovering enemies both new and old. But then the feathers started sprouting beneath her skin, invading her lungs like a strange cancer, and Hermes showed up with a fever eating away his flesh.

The oracle queen a three dark crowns novella kendare blake