Beyond Hades

Prometheus Wars Series, Book 1

By: Luke Romyn

Narrated by: Neil Hellegers

What if mythology isn't myth? The ancient Greeks told fabulously detailed stories involving unbelievable creatures - monsters dominating all tales from that time. Were they just highly imaginative, or was their inspiration from somewhere else?

Doctor Talbot Harrison, a professor in archaeology, receives a phone call one day which will destroy everything he perceives as reality. His brother has been mysteriously killed and within moments, the United States military appear at his door, literally dragging him from his home. Thrown into a helicopter under intense armed guard, it doesn't take long until they are attacked by something which cannot possibly exist, something drawn to destroy the one man who can stop the beasts from a land beyond Hades....

©2012 Luke Romyn (P)2018 Tantor

A suspenseful roller coaster of a story!

I've read many of Luke's books and this is by far my second favorite series, the first being The Legacy Chronicles. Luke creates an entertaining spin on mythology and manages to mix in futuristic science fiction. I've read this book before and this was the very first book I downloaded on audible, in fact it is the only reason I downloaded audible. Not that I am old enough to have sat in front of the family radio and hear radio programs, this is a very close second. The narrator brings the characters to life, especially the character Wes. My only complaint is that this is the only book so far on audible and I am kind of left hanging. I guess I could go back and read the books myself, but it is so much more entertaining this way.

top recommendation

I love every aspect of this book, definitely would suggest it then others. like stargate meets mythology meets time travel. so cool!!

Spoilers

How do you have an Olympian war against the Titans without a single mention of THE GODS OF WAR?!? Zero mention of Ares or Athena. The author cherry picks obscure Greek mythology, invents reinterpretations of classic figures but leaves out the most famous children of Zeus. Where’s Artemis? How do you kill off Hephaestus? THEY ARE CALLED THE DEATHLESS GODS!! Literally took me out of the third act completely.

Beyond hades

Fantastic work I look forward to reading the next book it was a fun read

Interesting take on the genre.

I enjoyed the story, I read allot of Greek and Norse Mythologies when I was young. It made this one quite interesting to me.