A daughter pulled between two worlds and a mother willing destroy both to protect herDemeter a goddess of life living half of oneDemeter did not always live in fear Once she loved the world and the humans who inhabited it After an act of devastating violence though she hides herself away among the grasses and wildflowers Her only solace is her daughterBefore she was Persephone she was Core Core is as bright as summer and devoted to her mother even during their millennia in exile from Olympus But she craves freedom Nave and determined she secretly builds a life of her ownand as she does so she catches the eye of a powerful godThe daughters of Olympus will have the last wordThen Hades kidnaps Core and renames her as Queen of the Underworld In the land without sun she realizes she may have a chance to gain back what she thought shed lost forever But Demeter will destroy anythingeven the humans she holds so dearto bring her daughter back A mother who has lost everything and a daughter with more to gain than she ever realized they will irrevocably shape the world all in the name of something as human as loveA lush emotional read perfect for fans of Madeleine Miller and Claire Heywood this is the story of Persephone and Demeter
