Children of Athens by K. J. Verma - Historical adventure - eBook (EPUB)

Explore the legend that inspired 'The Hunger Games' - a tale of grief, vengeance and monsters, set in the lands of the ancient Aegean.

Purchase the ebook of this exclusive, first edition of 'Children of Athens', book 1 of 'The Blood of Athens' series.

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A monster in a labyrinth. Fourteen sacrifices. A mother determined for justice.

Athens, 1100 BC: The king has entered into a loathsome treaty with the enemy island of Krete: every other year, Athens must send seven young men and seven young women to King Minos’s palace, down into a dark, inescapable labyrinth, where a terrifying beast awaits. 

When a horrible twist of fate means Alexa and her twin brother both get selected as sacrifices, they confront the reality facing them on Krete: certain death. But when a childhood friend, a young noblewoman of Krete, is willing to risk everything to rescue them, the impossible escape may just become possible.

But are larger forces at play? Faced with losing both her children, the twins' mother, Daedora suspects that her children’s selection isn’t as random as first supposed. Her drive to uncover the truth will lead her to a choice between the mysterious tribe of The Lost Mothers and life as she knows it.

Children of Athens is the first book in a two-part series, The Blood of Athens.

Publisher: Owl & Shield Publishing

ISBN: 9781738499915