Where Hope Comes From

'Styx is a rich, gleaming jewel of a novel... a heartbreakingly beautiful story of feminine rage and strength' JENNIFER SAINT<BR>'It absolutely broke my heart' ELODIE HARPER<BR>'A love letter to the power of womanhood and female friendships' ROSIE HEWLETT<BR><BR>Beginning a generation before Hekate, Styx sings the story of the goddess of the underworld river that bears her name...<BR><BR>The firstborn child of Titans, Styx is revered as the first of her kind - until she is eclipsed and forgotten amid her scores of siblings, the Oceanids and the Potamoi.<BR><BR>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 ignited by her growing disillusionment with her parents and her vain and unkind siblings. Instead, she finds solace and sisterhood in her cousin, Asteria. Together, they train in the arts of creation and magic. And as they seek to learn their divine purpose and their place within the Titanomachy, they discover both the joy sparked by true love and the fierce resilience birthed from motherhood.<BR><BR>In this lyrical and heartrending tale of sisterhood, identity, love, and war, Styx must carve her own path to womanhood - and ultimately, godhood.

Empowering life lessons from myths and monsters. <BR><BR>Wonder at Medusa's potent venom, Circe's fierce sorcery and Athena rising up over Olympus, as Nikita Gill majestically explores the untold stories of the life bringers, warriors, creators, survivors and destroyers that shook the world - the great Greek Goddesses. <BR><BR>Vividly re-imagined and beautifully illustrated, step into an ancient world transformed by modern feminist magic. <BR><BR>'I watch Girl become Goddess<BR>and the metamorphosis is more<BR>magnificent than anything<BR>I have ever known.'

A stunning collection of poetry on feminism, trauma, survival and empowerment.<BR><BR>You cannot burn away<BR>What has always been aflame<BR><BR>WILD EMBERS explores the fire that lies within every soul, weaving words around ideas of feeling at home in your own skin, allowing yourself to heal and learning to embrace your uniqueness with love from the universe. <BR><BR>Featuring rewritten fairytale heroines, goddess wisdom and poetry that burns with revolution, this collection is an explosion of femininity, empowerment and personal growth.

'Atmospheric, engrossing, beautiful and sad, one of those books you find yourself wanting to be back inside when you've had to put it down' NATALIE HAYNES, author of A Thousand Ships and Stone Blind <BR>'A vivid and imaginatively wrought divine world that is monstrous, magical and beautiful' JENNIFER SAINT, bestselling author of Hera and Ariadne<BR>'Wholly original, incandescent... This poem is pure magic' ELODIE HARPER, bestselling author of The Wolf Den trilogy<BR>'A powerful reflection on magic, power, family and the consequences of war. I absolutely loved it' COSTANZA CASATI, bestselling author of Clytemnestra<BR><BR>A propulsive, electrifying and enraging retelling in verse of the life of Greek goddess Hekate, child of war turned all-powerful goddess of witchcraft and necromancy, by internationally bestselling poet Nikita Gill.<BR><BR>Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents find themselves on the losing side of the war between the ruling Titans and the new Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken by her mother Asteria to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Meanwhile, Asteria is pursued across the world by Zeus and Poseidon and, to escape their clutches, transforms herself into an island in a stormy sea.<BR><BR>Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up amongst the horrors and beauties of the Underworld, desperate to find her divine purpose and a sense of belonging in the land of the dead. <BR><BR>When she finally uncovers her powers and ascends to Goddess status, she realises that even the most powerful Olympians are terrified of her. But when immortal war breaks out again, threatening to destroy everything from Mount Olympus to the Underworld itself, the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy is the only one who can bring the deadly conflict to an end...

‘A vivid and imaginatively wrought divine world that is monstrous, magical and beautiful’ JENNIFER SAINT, bestselling author of Hera and Ariadne<BR> ‘Wholly original, incandescent... This poem is pure magic’ ELODIE HARPER, bestselling author of The Wolf Den trilogy<BR> ‘A powerful reflection on magic, power, family and the consequences of war. I absolutely loved it’ COSTANZA CASATI, bestselling author of Clytemnestra<BR><BR> A propulsive, electrifying and enraging retelling in verse of the life of Greek goddess Hekate, child of war turned all-powerful goddess of witchcraft and necromancy, by internationally bestselling poet Nikita Gill.<BR><BR> Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents find themselves on the losing side of the war between the ruling Titans and the new Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken by her mother Asteria to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Meanwhile, Asteria is pursued across the world by Zeus and Poseidon and, to escape their clutches, transforms herself into an island in a stormy sea.<BR><BR> Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up amongst the horrors and beauties of the Underworld, desperate to find her divine purpose and a sense of belonging in the land of the dead. <BR><BR> When she finally uncovers her powers and ascends to Goddess status, she realises that even the most powerful Olympians are terrified of her. But when immortal war breaks out again, threatening to destroy everything from Mount Olympus to the Underworld itself, the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy is the only one who can bring the deadly conflict to an end...

For readers who enjoyed Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls, this empowering collection of stories, poems and beautiful hand-drawn illustrations gives Once Upon a Time a much-needed modern makeover. Gone are the gender stereotypes of obliging lovers, violent men and girls that need rescuing. Instead, lines blur between heroes and villains and you'll meet brave princesses, a new kind of wolf lurking in the concrete jungle and a courageous Gretel who can bring down monsters on her own.

*Part of the six books for six decades collection*<BR><BR>A poem of tragedy and beauty . . .<BR><BR>The Weeping Angels are an ancient race of terrible power.<BR><BR>With the ability to propel their victims backwards in time, their true form is a mystery - they turn to stone on sight. So they wander the universe, cursed never to see one another.<BR><BR>But they see everything else: the whole course of time and space - even the journey of their deadliest enemy, the Doctor.<BR><BR>In this extraordinary, epic poem, the Weeping Angels sing the story of the years they've battled the Doctor, and everything in between, as - like a Greek Chorus - they tell the world their tragic tale.