Athena's Champion

Prince Odysseus of Ithaca travels to the oracle at Pytho expecting to be named heir to his island kingdom. Instead the Pythia tells him a secret that undoes everything he has built his life on and marks him for death.

His family casts him out, and the gods hunt him. Athena, goddess of wisdom, offers him sanctuary, and in return he is drawn into a hidden war among the Olympians, who fight each other for dominance and survival. His wits and his skill as a warrior are all he has to stay ahead of their power games.

Then one of Athena's schemes goes badly wrong and the young Helen of Sparta is kidnapped. Odysseus must make his way past the gates of Hades to bring her back. His task grows harder when he falls in love with a Trojan princess, a bewitching woman who threatens both his homeland and Athena.

This is historical fantasy built on classic Greek mythology, with gods who scheme and a hero who has to think his way out of trouble. It is the first book in the Olympus Trilogy, so the larger conflict is only starting here.