Anansi Boys
A dull Londoner learns his dead dad was a spider god and his slick brother inherited all the magic.
2,036-word summary · 9 min read
Tag: mythology
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Children of Blood and Bone
White haired Zelie chases magic return with princess Amari hunted by Inan.
2,027-word summary · 9 min read
Preludes & Nocturnes
Dream escapes a 70 year prison, hunts his lost tools, faces Hell, and learns care from Death.
2,047-word summary · 9 min read
Neon Gods
Promised to Zeus, Persephone flees to Hades and trades fake dating for real choice in Olympus.
2,002-word summary · 9 min read
The Silmarillion
Tolkien's posthumous First Age history, edited by Christopher Tolkien: the Music of the Ainur, Feanor's Silmarils, Beren and Luthien, Gondolin, and the fall of…
2,544-word summary · 11 min read
Norse Mythology
Gaiman retells the Norse myths in order, from the creation of the world to Ragnarok, with Odin, Thor and Loki at the center.
4,647-word summary · 21 min read
Beowulf
An anonymous Old English epic in Heaney's Norton translation: Beowulf faces Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon across a lifetime of fame and cost.
2,810-word summary · 12 min read
The Blood of Olympus
Seven demigods stop Gaia waking while Reyna brings Athena statue.
2,196-word summary · 10 min read
A Touch of Darkness
Persephone bargains with Hades in New Athens nightclub deal.
2,545-word summary · 11 min read
The Red Pyramid
Siblings Carter and Sadie Kane wake the Egyptian gods and must stop Set from destroying the world.
2,682-word summary · 12 min read
The Iliad
Achilles quits the fight over Briseis, Patroclus falls to Hector, and Troy burns toward its fate in Homer's war epic.
2,320-word summary · 10 min read
The House of Hades
Percy and Annabeth cross Tartarus while the five close the Doors of Death before Gaea wakes.
2,910-word summary · 13 min read
The Son of Neptune
Amnesiac Percy wakes at Camp Jupiter and quests to Alaska with Hazel and Frank to free Thanatos.
2,107-word summary · 9 min read
The Mark of Athena
Seven demigods sail for Rome where Annabeth must follow the Mark to the Athena Parthenos alone.
2,031-word summary · 9 min read
The Titan's Curse
Percy joins a winter quest to save Annabeth and Artemis with Thalia, Grover, Bianca and Zoe, facing Atlas and Luke under a hard Oracle prophecy on Mount…
2,229-word summary · 10 min read
The Sea of Monsters
Percy returns for a second summer as Camp Half-Blood loses its borders, Tyson is claimed as his brother, and the Golden Fleece waits past the Sea of Monsters.
2,056-word summary · 9 min read
The Odyssey
Homer's Odyssey in Fagles translation: Odysseus fights home past Cyclops, Circe, and Sirens while Telemachus seeks news and Penelope stalls suitors in Ithaca.…
2,504-word summary · 11 min read
The Lost Hero
Jason wakes with no memory while Piper and Leo learn they are demigods sent to free Hera.
2,734-word summary · 12 min read
The Last Olympian
Percy Jackson turns sixteen as Kronos marches on Manhattan, forcing Camp Half-Blood into a final stand for Olympus beside Annabeth as the old prophecy demands…
2,564-word summary · 11 min read
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Percy and Annabeth enter the shifting Labyrinth with Rachel Dare to stop Luke and Kronos from invading Camp Half-Blood.
2,924-word summary · 13 min read
Circe
Exiled witch Circe masters plant magic on Aiaia, faces gods and monsters, loves Odysseus, and chooses a mortal life.
2,957-word summary · 13 min read
American Gods
Shadow Moon leaves prison to work for Mr Wednesday and gets pulled into war between old gods and new.
3,718-word summary · 17 min read
The Song of Achilles
Song of Achilles retold: Patroclus and Achilles from boys to Troy, love and war in Miller prose.
1,925-word summary · 9 min read
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief retold: Percy Jackson, Camp Half-Blood, the stolen bolt, and the road trip to the Underworld.
2,581-word summary · 11 min read