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In the tradition of her acclaimed fairy-tale-inspired novel, The Serpent's Shadow, best-selling author Mercedes Lackey re-imagines Sleeping Beauty-as a dark and enchanting Edwardian fantasy.Marina is the cherished daughter of the wealthy Roeswood family, practioners of Elemental Magic. But evil portents have warned her parents that Marina will be killed before her 18th birthday-by the hand of her own aunt.

Oracle Veritas of the House of Delphi has waited for over 65 million years to tell her story. In the year 2041, the first humans from Earth have stepped onto the surface of Mars, where they will encounter Oracle and hear of a world once called Olympus, inhabited by a race of immortals that called the planet home. Back then, all were led by Lord Zeus, head of the ruling family of Caste Olympus. But other Castes chafe under the Olympian rule. Lord Odin, of Caste Norse, and Lord Anu, of Caste Paga, have set their eyes upon the throne of Olympus. Only Caste Zion, led by Lord Yahweh, remains loyal to the throne.