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Experience the myth and magic of antiquity's most alluring--and provocative--goddess as never witnessed before, in this gorgeously rendered, unflinching, and deeply vulnerable retelling from the author of Mother of Rome and Medusa's Sisters. Two hundred years before the common era, Aphrodite...

Experience the myth and magic of antiquity's most alluring—and provocative—goddess as never witnessed before, in this gorgeously rendered, unflinching, and deeply vulnerable retelling from the author of Mother of Rome and Medusa's Sisters. Two hundred years before the common era, Aphrodite...

Mainz im Zeitalter Gutenbergs. In einer Werkstatt am Rhein entsteht eine Erfindung, die die Ordnung Europas verändern könnte: Bücher lassen sich erstmals drucken und Wissen beginnt sich zu vervielfältigen. In diesem entscheidenden Moment erscheint Lyana, Tochter der Aphrodite, gesandt, um die Geburt dieser neuen Welt zu schützen. Zwischen Druckpressen, Metalllettern und dem Geruch frischer Tinte begegnet sie dem jungen Drucker Peter Schöffer, der ahnt, welche Macht in der Schrift liegt.

The epic, captivating tale of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, who must reconcile her mind and heart when she is drawn against all odds to Ares, the god of war, from the internationally bestselling author of Ariadne and Hera. “Mythological reimagining at its finest . . . I loved Aphrodite’s...