'A vivid and beautifully written retelling' Eirinie Lapidaki
'A wonder of a novel' Kate Potter
'Beautifully and imaginatively written. A real page-turner' Jessica Mills
'Unputdownable retelling of the Minotaur myth' Fran Hill

A queen. A mother. A throne built on blood.

Princess Pasiphae of Kolchis is sent to Knossos to secure the throne, but she soon finds herself entangled in a brutal power struggle. As the Mother cult demands blood and Minos seeks to overturn ancient rule, she fights to protect her children; Asterion, her gentle son marked as a monster, and Ariadne, the ambitious daughter who rejects her.

Betrayals, sacrifices, and shifting allegiances shape the kingdom’s fate. When Theseus arrives to claim his prize, Knossos falls, leaving Pasiphae to face the ghosts of all she has lost.

'A deeply human drama without polemics... The writing is superb' Historical Novel Society