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Abigail Owen
For readers who enjoy speculative fiction, Abigail Owen is an author to discover. She's best known for her series, The Games Gods Play, which offers thrilling stories and unique worlds.
The Games Gods Play
Synopsis
Every hundred years, the gods of Olympus let mortals fight in their place. In this contemporary Greek-mythology romantasy, the narrator has never been favored by the gods — cursed, in fact, thanks to Zeus, and content to keep her head down as an office clerk for the Order of Thieves in Zeus's own patron city of San Francisco.
That changes the night she crosses paths with Hades, the ruthless King of the Underworld, who has entered the Crucible for the first time and chosen her — a nobody with a curse on her shoulders — as his mortal champion. As the contest's trials escalate and the line between pawn and partner blurs, she has to figure out what Hades actually wants from her, and what she is willing to risk to find out.
The first book in Abigail Owen's "The Crucible" series, blending Greek mythology, high-stakes competition, and a slow-burn enemies-to-something romance between a mortal and a god.
Genres
Characters
Lyra KeresProtagonist
The Order of Thieves' record-keeper, cursed by Zeus at birth to be unlovable; chosen by Hades as his mortal champion in the Crucible.
ZeusAntagonist
HadesSupporting
The ruthless King of the Underworld, competing in the Crucible for the first time.
Boone RunarSupporting
A skilled thief in the Order and Lyra's longtime crush.
Frequently asked questions
How much romance/spice is in The Games Gods Play?
It's an open-door romantasy — the author's own content warning for the book lists sexual activity on the page alongside blood, gore and violence, so expect both graphic action and explicit romance.
What is the reading order of The Crucible series?
The Games Gods Play is Book 1, followed by The Things Gods Break (Book 2) and The Wrath Gods Reap (Book 3).