The Hades Calculus
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Decadent cyberpunk cities. Greek mythology and giant mechs. Hades and Persephone as never seen before.
For generations, colossi have besieged the gates of Elysium. Each day, the city’s fall looms closer.
As one of Elysium’s rulers, Hades has long sought to break this stalemate. In Persephone, a cyborg tailor-made to kill, she finds the key to victory and the perfect pilot for her war machine. She will acquire Persephone at any cost.
Born to wield violence and with the bloodthirst to match, Persephone chafes under her mother’s control. At the first opportunity, she brutally breaks free and seeks sanctuary with the unlikeliest of patrons: the Lord of the Machine Dead, the Master of the Underworld.
All Hades and Persephone have to do to realize their goals is to navigate the city’s treacherous politics—and survive the coming war.
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This book is part of the Gunmetal Olympus series. The sequel, The Persephone Effect, is now available for pre-order.
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"Mech," the pop culture term for giant robots, derives from the Greek word mēkhanḗ, the crane used in Ancient Greek theater to hoist the actors playing gods into the air.
Besides revitalizing the romance of Hades and Persephone with a sleek transhuman, and very genderqueer cyberpunk setting, you've also brought the mecha genre back to its cultural/lingual roots.
Apò mēkhanês theós. The god from the machine. Machine that are gods. Demigod pilots in the god-machines. God-machines in the demigod pilots.
In short, bravo, and can't wait for the sequel!
Thank you so much! :D
I made many unexpected face-journeys reading this. It went many places I did not expect to end up in.
Will now go rage-scream at the beach for an hour because the next part comes out on ONE YEAR... 😭
10/10 no comments.Thank you :D We'll work on Persephone Effect as fast as possible and will see if we can move its release up!
I will wait. You make it great. 🥰
This was INTENSE. I LOVED IT.
Thank you so much!
I'm recommending my trans girl friends read this ASAP.
Thank you!
I love that the violence is even hornier than the sex. Beautiful book.
Thank you :D
Hello, i cannot wait to dive in this books I feel like i stumbled on a hidden gem ahah may i ask who did the cover art for this book? it is gorgeous!
The artist is Rashed AlAkroka! Thank you, hope you'll enjoy it.
Very excited to start reading this!
Thank you! Hope you'll enjoy. :)
This was so good, i have many feelings about it. I'm excited for the next book!
So happy you enjoyed it, thank you!
I wasn't sure about buying this because I'm really squicked out by vore even though I love everything else about this story. Then I saw someone being a crazy asshole about it on the internet and thought: You know what? Spiting them is a perfect reason to get over my vore-thing. Thank you for weaving such wondrous worlds with your words.
Thank you so much!