The Child of the Erinyes Series by Rebecca Lochlann

Book one, The Child of the Erinyes series. Historical Fantasy with a love story.Crete: A place of magic, of mystery, where violence and sacrifice meet courage and hope.Aridela: Wrapped in legend, beloved of the people. An extraordinary woman who dances with bulls.The north wind brings a swift ship and two brothers who plot Crete's overthrow... moreBook one, The Child of the Erinyes series. Historical Fantasy with a love story.Crete: A place of magic, of mystery, where violence and sacrifice meet courage and hope.Aridela: Wrapped in legend, beloved of the people. An extraordinary woman who dances with bulls.The north wind brings a swift ship and two brothers who plot Crete's overthrow. Desire for this woman will propel their long rivalry into hatred so murderous it hurtles all three into an unimaginable future, and sparks the immortal rage of the Erinyes.A woman of keen instinct and unshakeable loyalty. A proud warrior prince and his wounded half-brother. Glory, passion, treachery and conspiracy on the grandest scale.What seems the end is only the beginning. . . . less

Book Two, The Child of the Erinyes series. Historical fantasy.Goddess Athene's white-hot rage incinerates Callisti and inflames the seas. Crete is left in ruins.Chrysaleon of Mycenae inherits the crown of an annihilated world.As death looms closer, he stumbles upon an ancient prophecy foretelling the rise of the Thinara King. This ruler will possess unimaginable power and upend sacred traditions. Commandeering the title could save his life... moreBook Two, The Child of the Erinyes series. Historical fantasy.Goddess Athene's white-hot rage incinerates Callisti and inflames the seas. Crete is left in ruins.Chrysaleon of Mycenae inherits the crown of an annihilated world.As death looms closer, he stumbles upon an ancient prophecy foretelling the rise of the Thinara King. This ruler will possess unimaginable power and upend sacred traditions. Commandeering the title could save his life. But it could also destroy everything he has fought to achieve, and create an easy path for the brother he hates to step in and steal it all.Will love transform him, or will he betray Aridela and defy the obligation of the labyrinth?The epic Bronze Age tale continues as Athene tests her champions beyond endurance, beyond rescue, beyond salvation."At the end of oblivion lies hope, and only she can find it." less

Book Three, The Child of the Erinyes series. Historical fantasy with a love story.There is a beast in the labyrinth... a monster. The people say he is both man and bull; they call him Asterion.Of all Crete's citizens, only two dare enter his lair. One bears his child. The other sees the Goddess in his eyes. Terrifying yet compelling, the beast offers Crete's only hope for redemption.In the Moon of Asterion concludes the Bronze Age segment of the series.

Here, together, are the first three books of The Child of the Erinyes series. The Year-god's Daughter, The Thinara King, and In the Moon of Asterion. The Bronze Age portion of the eight-book series can now be read together.The set also includes an excerpt from Book Five, The Sixth Labyrinth, and teasers from upcoming books in the series: Falcon Blue, and Swimming in the Rainbow.Step into the Bronze Age... moreHere, together, are the first three books of The Child of the Erinyes series. The Year-god's Daughter, The Thinara King, and In the Moon of Asterion. The Bronze Age portion of the eight-book series can now be read together.The set also includes an excerpt from Book Five, The Sixth Labyrinth, and teasers from upcoming books in the series: Falcon Blue, and Swimming in the Rainbow.Step into the Bronze Age....For time beyond memory, Crete has sacrificed its king to ensure good harvests, ward off earthquakes, and please the Goddess. Men compete in brutal trials to win the title of Zagreus, the sacred bull-king, even though winning means they'll die in a year.Two brothers from Mycenae set out to trick the competition and its formidable reckoning as they search for weaknesses in this rich, coveted society.Hindering their goal is the seductive and fearless Cretan princess, Aridela, an uncommon woman neither brother can resist, and ancient prophecies that promise terrible retribution to any who threaten Goddess Athene's people.A woman of keen instinct and unshakeable loyalty. A proud warrior prince and his wounded half-brother. Glory, passion, treachery and conspiracy on the grandest scale.What seems the end is only the beginning. less

Book Four, a novella in The Child of the Erinyes series. Historical fantasy with a love story. A tale of star-crossed love, of superstition and zealotry, as a goddess brings her ancient triad together again on the windswept isle of Barra, in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. The Chief of Clan MacNeil is forced to sell his ancestral island to John Gordon of Cluny, a mainlander. No one knows what to expect... moreBook Four, a novella in The Child of the Erinyes series. Historical fantasy with a love story. A tale of star-crossed love, of superstition and zealotry, as a goddess brings her ancient triad together again on the windswept isle of Barra, in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. The Chief of Clan MacNeil is forced to sell his ancestral island to John Gordon of Cluny, a mainlander. No one knows what to expect. Will life get better or worse? Will John Gordon take care of his tenants or evict them, like so many other landowners are doing? * * * * * Impetuous, irreverent, derided as Barra's peculiar changeling, Lilith Kelso has little use for anyone but Daniel Carson, the orphan her mother has taken in. Everyone expects them to marry someday. But then John Gordon buys the island. He sends his steward to collect rents and squeeze out profits for his employer. The steward doesn't come alone. He brings his son, and nothing will ever be the same. less

Book Five, The Child of the Erinyes series. A new myth from Ancient Greece.Morrigan Lawton lives a lonely, wearying existence in a land that long ago turned its back on magic and myth.Curran Ramsay enjoys every advantage and is loved by all who know him. Yet none of his successes can rid him of the sense that he is missing something, or someone. It haunts every moment, awake and in dreams.Twenty years ago, the sea stole Aodhàn Mackinnon's memories and nearly drowned him... moreBook Five, The Child of the Erinyes series. A new myth from Ancient Greece.Morrigan Lawton lives a lonely, wearying existence in a land that long ago turned its back on magic and myth.Curran Ramsay enjoys every advantage and is loved by all who know him. Yet none of his successes can rid him of the sense that he is missing something, or someone. It haunts every moment, awake and in dreams.Twenty years ago, the sea stole Aodhàn Mackinnon's memories and nearly drowned him. Now a penniless fisherman, his heart reels from an agony he cannot quite remember--until the landowner's new wife comes to Glenelg.A silenced but enduring goddess has seen her place in the souls of mortals systematically destroyed.But she bides her time.For Athene, thousands of years mean nothing. Ancient prophecy and the hand of a goddess propel the triad into the winding corridors of The Sixth Labyrinth.The sea claims final possession, and leaves nothing behind. less