Styx: The River by Nikita Gill (Hardback)

A fierce retelling in beautiful verse from Sunday Times bestselling author Nikita Gill, Styx: The River is the second volume in the Goddesses of the Underworld series.

Beginning a generation before Hekate, Styx sings the story of the goddess of the underworld river that bears her name. The firstborn child of Titans, Styx is revered as the very first of her kind, until she is eclipsed and slowly forgotten amid her scores of siblings, the Oceanids and the Potamoi.

Coming of age in a world simmering with paranoia and unspoken fear of Kronos, the volatile and unchecked god-king, Styx learns to conceal the rage kindled by her growing disillusionment with her parents and her vain, unkind siblings. Instead, she finds solace and sisterhood in her cousin Asteria. Together the two train in the arts of creation and magic, and as they seek to understand their divine purpose and their place within the looming Titanomachy, they discover both the joy of true love and the fierce resilience born of motherhood.

In this lyrical and heartrending tale of sisterhood, identity, love and war, Styx must carve her own path to womanhood, and ultimately, to godhood.

Perfect for readers who love a feminist Greek mythology retelling, beautifully told in verse, and a lyrical story of sisterhood, resilience and the making of a goddess.