Hekate
By Nikita Gill

Atmospheric, engrossing, beautiful and sad, one of those books you find yourself wanting to be back inside when you've had to put it down'and NATALIE HAYNES, author ofand A Thousand Shipsand andand Stone Blindand Aand vivid and imaginatively wrought divine world that is monstrous, magical and beautiful'and JENNIFER SAINT, bestselling author ofand Heraand andand Ariadne Wholly original, incandescent... This poem is pure magic'and ELODIE HARPER, bestselling author ofand The Wolf Denand trilogy A powerful reflection on magic, power, family and the consequences of war. I absolutely loved it'and COSTANZA CASATI, bestselling author ofand ClytemnestraA propulsive, electrifying and enraging retelling in verse of the life ofand Greek goddess Hekate, child of war turned all-powerful goddess of witchcraft and necromancy, by internationally bestselling poet Nikita Gill.Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents find themselves on the losing side of the war between the ruling Titans and the new Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken by her mother Asteria to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Meanwhile, Asteria is pursued across the world by Zeus and Poseidon and, to escape their clutches, transforms herself into an island in a stormy sea.Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up amongst the horrors and beauties of the Underworld, desperate to find her divine purpose and a sense of belonging in the land of the dead.and When she finally uncovers her powers and ascends to Goddess status, she realises that even the most powerful Olympians are terrified of her. But when immortal war breaks out again, threatening to destroy everything from Mount Olympus to the Underworld itself, the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy is the only one who can bring the deadly conflict to an end...