Allow me to compel you into realms of my imagination. Allow me to take you on a journey, to a world of goddesses and demigods, of monsters and evil Regents, of prophecies and heroines/heroes.

In the beginning was a world ruled by Men, which was filled with wars and death. The tribulations of the Mortal realms came to the attention of the Greek gods and goddesses. Zeus (King of the Heavens) held a meeting in Olympus to end the sufferings of the mortals. But the devious Hera (Queen of the heavens) blamed Man for the destruction of the mortal realm. And when the gods were against it, Hera connived with other goddesses to make an elixir that transferred dominance to Women, causing a paradigm shift across the mortal realms. Then the goddesses dwelled in the mortal realms to teach and create fantastical cities, that is, until they vanished to the heavens. Then millions of years passed as mortals flourished in peace, before dark forces began rising.

A generation of teenagers: Chilton and Chilonis, Tiki and Rode, Lozen and Joanne are all descendants or legacies of these goddesses, who are determined to roam the perilous cities and battle evil and participate in a competition called the Heraen games: where the winners who find the ‘Urn of Nike’ lives and the losers die.

‘Daughters of Hera: legacies of goddesses’ is a YA/NA dark fantasy that combines Greek mythology with world building, and multi-characters, which would appeal to a broad audience among fans of George R. R Martin’s ‘Game of Thrones’ and Rick Riordan’s ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ series respectively.

Daughters of Hera

Then guards surrounded them, chanting the warrior’s song of ancient times. The ‘Honorius’ was a deadly rite, done and passed down by the ancient foremothers, it entails a hand to hand combat, the terms were simple, the loser was killed by the winner. The General was there too, looking on curiously, wishing that the siblings kill each other, that would be the best of victories it thought, and then it could take command of the city and rain hell on the realms. 


“I shall fight, in honor of goddess Athena. And her infinite wisdom and vengeance of her sword,” said Nakano solemnly. 


“I shall fight, in honor of goddess Athena. And her infinite wisdom and vengeance of her sword,” repeated Lozen back, seeing no choice in the matter, surely if her sister wanted a beating and death, who was she to say no to that? This wasn’t the first time her sister had challenged her, but this would be the last, she thought, she also wished she had more opium; it always gave her a great advantage. 


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