Havoc Rising
by Brian S. Leon
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Pub Date 16 Jun 2015 | Archive Date 15 Jul 2015
Description
Eternal life. Eternal battle.
Steve—Diomedes Tydides to his Trojan War buddies—just had a bad day on his charter fishing boat in San Diego, but when the goddess Athena calls on her faithful warrior for another secret mission, he’s ready. The bomb that exploded inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art isn’t the crime American authorities think it is. Someone also stole the Cup of Jamshid, and Diomedes knows its fortune-telling abilities won’t be used for anything benign.
Though Diomedes recovers the Cup from a determined shaman holed up beneath Central Park, when he finds his allies slain and the Cup taken once more, he knows he’s up against a truly powerful enemy. Over a millennium has passed since Diomedes last contended with Medea of Colchis, deranged wife of Jason the Argonaut, but neither her madness nor her devotion to Hecate, goddess of witchcraft, has waned, and she intends to use the Cup of Jamshid to release across the world a dark brand of chaos unseen in human history.
Immortal since the Trojan War, Diomedes must once again fight for mortals he understands less and less, against a divine evil he may never truly defeat.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781940215471 |
| PRICE | US$15.99 (USD) |
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Maxine M, Reviewer
When a bomb explodes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, everyone assumes it was a terrorist act. But things aren’t quite what they seem. Under cover of the explosion, someone has stolen a very dangerous artifact and the goddess Athena calls in Steve AKA Diomedes Tydides, charter boat captain and ancient Greek warrior, hero of the Trojan Wars still fighting the good fights after all these centuries (so take that, Achilles).
Havoc Rising by author Brian S. Leon combines Greek, Arabian, and Celtic myths and legends with modern America to create an action-packed urban fantasy. Told in the first person by Steve/Diomedes, he is just enough of a smarta** to give the story a nice touch of humour and although there is a love interest, romance takes a very far backseat to action. There were times the story got bogged down in descriptions of weapons and technical equipment but, over all, this is one rollicking roller coaster of a ride.
3.5
