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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: — A Spear, a Lyre, and a First Spell
Chapter 3: — The Hall of Starlight and the Price of Art
Chapter 4: — Lessons of Loss, Lessons of Love
Chapter 5: — A Stranger’s Gaze, a Chosen Equal
Chapter 6: — Oracles, Traps, and an Iron Road
Chapter 7: — The Fleece, the Witch, and the Escape
Chapter 8: — Sirens, Temptation, and a Stronger Song
Chapter 9: — A Love Lost, a Choice Made
Chapter 10: — Queens, Gates, and the Hill of Roses
Chapter 11: — The Turn, the Trap, and the Shattering
Chapter 12: — The Song that Shakes a Mountain
Chapter 13: — Echoes, Elysium, and a New Beginning
Chapter 14: — What Remains, and What We Carry
Description
On a volcanic Greek isle, Orphia defies her divine father Apollo to chase the one thing he forbids—poetry. When the Muse Euterpe appears and the world answers Orphia’s verses with real magic, her life collides with gods, tyrants, and the glittering court of Mt Olympus. Claimed at last by her true mother, Calliope—chief of the Muses—Orphia trains on Mt Parnassus to fuse story, music, and power. She meets Eurydicius, a soft‑spoken shield‑maker whose craft protects rather than kills. Their equal love steadies her as she’s pulled into Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece, out-singing sirens and outrunning a dragon. But prophecy bites: Eurydicius dies, and grief points her to the Underworld, where Hades sets an impossible condition. Orphia’s final choice will echo across ages, raising a constellation and a legend. Elyse John’s retelling restores women’s courage, artistry, and desire to the center of the myth—braiding a love story with a hymn to creative defiance. This is a tale of voice over violence, of tenderness over conquest, and of a poet who makes the gods weep and mortals brave.
Who Should Listen
- Fans of feminist myth retellings and lyrical fantasy
- Listeners who love stories of art, grief, and equal partnership
- Readers of Madeline Miller, Natalie Haynes, and Pat Barker