Antigoddess

Blake, Kendare. Antigoddess. 2013. 333p. Book 1 of the Goddess War Series. ISBN 0765334437. Available as an audiobook  on Overdrive.

Gods and goddesses are immortal. They can be hurt, they can be physically injured, but they cannot be killed. And for thousands of years, the gods have been playing with humanity. Athena, goddess of war, shipwrecked Odysseus and prevented him from going home for ten years. Apollo, god of the sun and of prophecies, toyed with Cassandra of Troy, first giving her the gift of seeing the future, but then cursing her by ensuring that no one would ever believe her. Hermes, the winged god, delivered messages and enforced the will of the gods in Olympus.

Today, however, the old gods are dying. Athena has begun sprouting feathers, and is slowly transforming into an owl, her symbol of wisdom and war. Hermes’ speed is slowly consuming him alive. And as death looms for them, camps are drawn. The gods will fight amongst themselves to survive. But they need weapons, and Cassandra the prophetess is one such weapon.

Cassandra lives in Kincaid, New York, and is an average teenager, except for the fact that she sees the future. She can accurately predict a coin toss, and she has visions of what will happen. So when she begins to see horrific monsters and the murders of innocents, her boyfriend, Aidan, becomes concerned for her. Her protector, Aidan is really Apollo, and as the other gods converge on Kincaid for a final stand, Cassandra’s universe is thrown into question and her real identity is revealed even to herself.

As two worlds collide, Cassandra and her friends are thrown in the fight between immortals, and it may just cost them their lives!

Fans of The Alchemyst will revel in the merging of legends and reality.