Claire M. Andrews

In Oxford’s All Souls College, Isaac Holland is pitted against the brightest of Britain’s young elite for a seat amongst the prestigious school’s faculty. The Victorian Era is reaching its apex, and the ancient hallways and corridors of Oxford teem with ghosts and secret societies. Isaac finds the competition increasingly cutthroat and diabolical, but there are more pressing concerns. One, that someone—or something—is murdering Isaac’s fellow students, one by one, in ways more gruesome than the next. And two, that Isaac’s real name is actually Irene Adler. A retelling of Sherlock Holmes from the perspective of the one woman to ever outwit him, A Beautiful and Terrible Murder follows Irene Adler and Sherlock Holmes as they are forced to work together to hunt down a murderer at Oxford who is killing their classmates.

The Sparta you know will be gone forevermore on the bloody fields of Troy. A year after saving the powers of Olympus by defeating Nyx, the Goddess of darkness, Daphne is haunted by still-looming threats, her complicated feelings for the god Apollo, and the promise she made to the Olympian gods that she would help them again when they called upon her. When their command comes, it is deceptively simple: secure herself a spot as one of Queen Helen’s guards. A war is coming, and all of Sparta must be prepared.  In the midst of a treaty summit among the monarchs of Greece, Daphne and Helen uncover a plot of betrayal—and soon, a battle begins. As the kingdoms of Greece clash on the shores of Troy and the gods choose sides, Daphne must use her wits, her training, and her precarious relationship with Apollo to find a way to keep her queen safe, stop the war, and uncover the true reason the gods led her to Troy. But the gods are keeping more than one secret, and Daphne will be forced to decide how far she is willing to go to save those she loves—and whose side she's on in a war that is prophesized to be the downfall of her people.

Sparta forged her into a deadly weapon. Now the gods need her to save the world! Seventeen-year-old Daphne has spent her entire life honing her body and mind into that of a warrior, hoping to be accepted by the unyielding people of ancient Sparta. But an unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis—who holds Daphne's brother's fate in her hands—upends the life she's worked so hard to build. Nine mysterious items have been stolen from Mount Olympus, and if Daphne cannot find them, the gods' waning powers will fade away, the mortal world will descend into chaos, and her brother's life will be forfeit. Guided by Artemis's twin—the handsome and entirely-too-self-assured god Apollo—Daphne's journey will take her from the labyrinth of the Minotaur to the riddle-spinning Sphinx of Thebes, team her up with mythological legends such as Theseus and Hippolyta of the Amazons, and pit her against the gods themselves. A reinterpretation of the classic Greek myth of Daphne and Apollo, Daughter of Sparta, by debut author Claire M. Andrews turns the traditionally male-dominated mythology we know into a heart-pounding and empowering female-led adventure.

En esta reinterpretación del mito griego de Dafne y Apolo, Hija de Esparta, la primera novela de Claire M. Andrews, convierte la mitología tradicional, eminentemente masculina, en una aventura emocionante y llena de empoderamiento femenino. Dafne tiene diecisiete años y se ha pasado la vida ejercitando su cuerpo y su mente para convertirse en una guerrera, con la esperanza de ser aceptada por los severos habitantes de la antigua Esparta. Pero un encuentro inesperado con la diosa Artemisa dará un vuelco a esa vida que tanto se ha afanado por construir. Nueve objetos misteriosos han sido sustraídos del monte Olimpo, y si Dafne no logra encontrarlos, los menguantes poderes de los dioses se desvanecerán, el mundo mortal se sumirá en el caos y su hermano perderá la vida. Guiada por el hermoso y arrogante dios Apolo, Dafne emprenderá un viaje que la conducirá desde el laberinto del Minotauro hasta la enigmática Esfinge de Tebas, donde se unirá a leyendas mitológicas tales como Teseo y la amazona Hipólita, en una gesta que la llevará a enfrentarse con los mismísimos dioses.

She was sculpted into the perfect warrior. Now she must become the perfect hero.   After fighting in the Trojan War against her own people, Daphne is plagued by memories—of her family, of her shortcomings, of her lover, Apollo, and of the secrets he and the gods keep. As reels from the horrendous sacrifice she had to make and her own failure in the battle for Troy, she knows the titans are out there—just beyond the island of Aeaea, where she's taken refuge—waging a war against the world. As Daphne struggles to regain her will to fight as well as rein in the new abilities that have been thrust upon her, the gods call for her help once more. But it has been prophesized that she will bring about the ruin of Olympus and the downfall of Sparta, just as she caused the destruction of Troy. Now, as she begins to witness her terrible destiny coming true, she must become a hero to rival those of myth and save the gods, her people, and the world. Or she will watch it all burn around her. Claire M. Andrews has crafted a jaw-dropping conclusion to an epic series that gives women a powerful place within Greek mythology, flipping the world of gods and goddesses on its head. This breakneck race to the finish will have readers devouring its pages late into the night with one mind-blowing twist after another, in a finale fit for a heroine who rivals any ancient Greek hero.