Wearing the lion / John Wiswell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wiswell, John, 1981- author.

Series:

DAW book collectors ; no. 1983.

DAW book collectors no. 1983

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monsters--Fiction.

Monsters.

Mothers and sons--Fiction.

Mothers and sons.

Heracles (Greek mythological character)--Fiction.

Heracles.

Quests (Expeditions)--Fiction.

Quests (Expeditions).

Gods, Greek--Fiction.

Gods, Greek.

Hera (Greek deity)--Fiction.

Hera.

Mythology, Greek--Fiction.

Mythology, Greek.

Genre:

Mythological fiction.

Fantasy fiction.

mythology (literary genre)

Novels.

Physical Description:

376 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : DAW Books, 2025.

Summary:

"Nebula Award-winning author John Wiswell brings a humanizing and humorous touch to the Hercules story, forever changing the way we understand the man behind the myth-and the goddess reluctantly bound to him"-- Provided by publisher.

Heracles, hero of Greece, dedicates all his feats to Hera, goddess of family. Heracles' mother raised him to revere Hera, as her attempt to avoid the goddess' wrath. Unbeknownst to Heracles, he is yet another child Hera's husband, Zeus, had out of wedlock. Hera loathes every minute of Heracles' devotion. She finally snaps and sends the Furies to make Heracles kill himself. But the moment Heracles goes mad, his children playfully ambush him, and he slays them instead. When the madness fades, Heracles's wife, Megara, convinces him to seek revenge. Together they'll hunt the Furies and learn which god did this. Believing Hera is the only god he can still trust, Heracles prays to Hera, who is wracked with guilt over killing his children. To mislead Heracles, Hera sends him on monster-slaying quests, but he is too traumatized to enact more violence. Instead, Heracles cares for the Nemean lion, cures the illness of the Lernaean hydra, and bonds with Crete's giant bull. Hera struggles with her role in Heracles life as Heracles begins to heal psychologically by connecting with the monsters -- while also amassing an army that could lay siege to Olympos.

Other Format:

Online version: Wiswell, John, 1981- Wearing the lion.

ISBN:

9780756419547

0756419549

OCLC:

1457079440