Lion's Legacy
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo’s life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex’s new relationship and make nice. So when his father, a famous archaeologist and reality show celebrity whom he hasn’t seen in two years, shows up unexpectedly and offers to take him on an adventure, Tennessee only has a few choices:
1. Stay, mope, regret it forever.
2. Go, try to reconcile with Dad, become his sidekick again.
3. Go, but make it his adventure, and Dad will be the sidekick.
The object of his father’s latest quest, the Rings of the Sacred Band of Thebes, is too enticing to say no to. Finding artifacts related to the troop of ancient Greek soldiers, composed of one-hundred-and-fifty gay couples, means navigating ruins, deciphering ancient mysteries, and maybe meeting a cute boy.
But will his dad let Tennessee do the right thing with the rings if they find them? And what is the right thing? Who does queer history belong to?
Against the backdrop of a sunlit Greek landscape, author L. C. Rosen masterfully weaves together adventure, romance, and magic in a celebration of the power of claiming your queer legacy.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A gay teen pairs up with his estranged treasure hunter father to seek out a Grecian artifact in this gripping series kickoff from Rosen (Lavender House) that's both thrilling escapade and simmering romance. White Jewish 17-year-old Tennessee Russo and his renowned archaeologist father, Henry Johnson, haven't spoken for two years following a fight over the proper guardianship of the artifacts they uncover: while Henry feels that those with money are best able to protect these objects, Ten believes that it's wrong to remove them from their native country. But when Henry appears with a proposal to track down a magical item rumored as once belonging to an army of queer Greek soldiers, Ten agrees. In Athens, Henry hires 17-year-old Athenian Leo, a queer history buff, to be their translator, and there's an immediate spark between the two teens. After they discover that Henry's excavation partner wants the artifact for themselves, Henry, Ten, and Leo must race against the clock to find it first. Through Ten and Leo's visits to a museum of queer history and culture, and the meticulous detail with which the author recounts underreported events in Grecian history, Rosen makes an insistent case for recognizing and teaching LGBTQ history and understanding legacy. Ages 12–17.
