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

“Don't you dare lay your hands on him!—” shouted Chilton, she resented the idea of someone being physically abused. 


“Chilton, stop this nonsense at once!” said Chilonis, she had to be the voice of reason. “It's their traditions we have no right to interfere,” 


“I don't want to hear the half of it, Chilton.” commanded Chilonis. 


Anger swelled up Chilton, there was so much injustice that she wanted to correct, so much contradicting traditions that had no point, but her sister wouldn’t care, she thought, she mumbled inaudible cursed words as she walked away still very annoyed. After a few minutes, the tensed atmosphere seemed to calm down for just a bit, Dacio found the archers a warm bed in which they both lied in, after a while they were sound asleep. 


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