Hekate
The Witch
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4.9 • 14 Ratings
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Publisher Description
This #1 New York Times bestselling novel-in-verse from world-renowned poet Nikita Gill is a richly imagined retelling of the Greek myth of Hekate, a goddess of the underworld. Perfect for fans of Madeline Miller and Alexandra Bracken.
Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents are on the losing side of the war between the Titans and Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up, desperate to uncover her divine purpose and sense of belonging amongst the horrors and beauties that make the land of the dead.
When Hekate finally uncovers her powers and ascends as the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy, she realizes that even the most powerful Olympians fear her. But when immortal war breaks out again, threatening to destroy all everyone has ever known, Hekate finds that she's the only one who can bring the deadly conflict to an end.
In this stunningly intimate reimagining of a Greek myth, internationally renowned poet Nikita Gill showcases the underworld and its chthonic deities in all their glory, and weaves a gripping story about the young Goddess Hekate coming of age within their midst.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
After the Olympians prevail during the Titanomachy—a war between Titans and Olympians—young godling and Titan Hekate flees with her mother to the Underworld. With Zeus and Poseidon in pursuit, Hekate's mother is forced to leave the child with Hekate's caring but aloof aunt, Styx. Though the Underworld is no place to grow up, Hekate is drawn to the ghosts in the Asphodel Meadows and ferryman Charon's stories. She yearns to come into her powers, which she plans to use to find her mother and free her father, now imprisoned by the Olympians. Hekate's unfettered curiosity and desire to achieve her goals leads her to the darkest, most enigmatic parts of the Underworld, and her magic, once it manifests, threatens Zeus and the Olympians who sundered her world. Well-researched, expressive verse by Gill (These Are the Words) explores themes of survival and resilience to reimagine the story of an unsung god in the Greek pantheon. The richly imagined setting serves as a vibrant backdrop for Hekate's journey of self-discovery and actualization as she uncovers dark secrets and meets familiar and novel figures of Greek myth. Hekate cues as white. Ages 14–up.
