Wednesday, October 24, 2007

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

BLURB:

The gods of ancient Greece must find a mortal champion to defend their fate.

“Go and seek the one I have told you about, she is frail and in need of help. Look not of upper blood, for I have seen her down in the dirt. She is held against her will. Find her and you shall find your savior.” — The Oracle of Delphi


In ancient Greece the young maiden, Amarantha, is captured and sold in the slave market of Athens.

"What fates await?" she wonders. "And what divine design will the Olympian gods have for me?"

As unexpectedly as she had found herself placed in chains, Amarantha finds herself purchased by a mysterious master who refuses to reveal his true identity.

But he is no ordinary man, nor she an ordinary slave.

Under her master's tutelage, Amarantha is trained as a fighter and challenged to prove herself in battle after battle until her skills are perfected and she is granted the right to know his true identity.

He is Ares, god of war and the son of Zeus. And she is to become Champion to the gods of Olympus; bound forever to serve and vanquish all foes until the gods themselves grant her peace.

But even gods are not immune to the fickle twists of fate, and Amarantha is soon ripped from her quiet resting place and cast through time itself to do battle with a modern day reincarnation of an old foe - a madman bent on rewriting history to suit his own twisted desire.

She must act quickly to win this battle, for the fate of all Olympian gods hangs in a delicate balance between immortality and the realization that even the gods themselves may be returned to the dust from which they arose.


EXCERPT:

Read Chapter 1 HERE!


REVIEWS:

"If you enjoy the world of classical mythology, you'll love this novel."
-- Margaret Carter, author

"Ms. Bridger brings new life to the Greek gods and to any human with the mixed luck to cross their paths, including an unusual warrior woman who might be Xena's long-lost sister. Part II in particular is a page-turner, interlocked with what has gone before in a millennia-spanning clash of mortal versus immortal love."
-- Patricia Hodgell, author

"This tale of an eternal champion torn between her love for a god and a mortal - and her duty to both of them - should satisfy readers with a taste for romantic fantasy."
-- Nancy Baker, author

"I just finished and I'm in love. I'm getting a copy for everyone I know for Christmas."
-- Lila Dubois, author

"As Fate Decrees is well-written and has an interesting core concept."
-- Dru Pagliassotti, reviewer, The Harrow

"The characters Bridger creates are intense and believable..."
-- Carolyn Cooke, reviewer, Surrey Now

"One of Burnside’s best-kept cultural secrets is about to take the international literary stage..."
-- Stephen Clare, The Burnside News


As Fate Decrees by Denyse Bridger
ISBN-10: 1894063414
Cover by: Geoff Taylor
Published by: EDGE Science Fiction & Fantasy
Release Date: August 15th, 2007
$11.53 from Amazon.com



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