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The beguiling story of the Queen of Mount Olympus, told by Jennifer Saint, the bestselling author of ATALANTA, ELEKTRA and ARIADNE.

From Jennifer Saint, the bestselling author of ATALANTA (UK, Sunday Times, April 2023), ELEKTRA (UK, Sunday Times, May 2022) and ARIADNE (UK, Sunday Times, April 2021), comes the captivating story of Greek mythology's most famous wife.

When the immortal goddess Hera helps her brother Zeus to overthrow their tyrannical father, the ancient Titan Cronos, she dreams of ruling the world at his side.

But as they establish their reign on Mount Olympus, Hera begins to see another side to Zeus, a side just as ruthless and cruel as Cronos was.

She was clearly born to rule, but does that mean perpetuating a cycle of violence and cruelty that has existed since the dawn of time?

Will assuming her power mean that Hera loses herself or can she find a way to forge a better world?

©2024 Jennifer Saint (P)2024 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Ancient Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Mythology Ancient Greece Greek Mythology

Critic reviews

'A spirited retelling.' Times

'Beautiful and absorbing.' Fabulous

'A vivid reimagining of Greek mythology.' Harper's Bazaar
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This books was incredible! The story line everything. The only thing that was bothering was the missed pronounced names. Apart from that I loved everything about it!

Amazing!

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Really engaging story, gives a much fuller story of Hera. Very interesting and well narrated

Engaging story

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The narrator can't pronounce a single name or place name to save her life, really takes me out of the overall story.

Terrible audio narration

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For fans of Greek Mythology Hera is a must read. Her perspectives of events that have already been bought to is in mythical stories take on a new dimension as the wronged queen of heaven. great story

Misunderstood Hera

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I really tried to like this story but the narrator’s way of pronouncing the names of the gods BADLY really wound me up & totally ruined what possibly is a good story.

Good story ruined by poor pronunciation of the names!

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