The Things Gods Break

The Crucible, Book 2

By: Abigail Owen

Narrated by: Piper Goodeve, Tom Kiteley

The gods want her dead … Hades will bury them.

You’d think I’d have learned by now:

Don’t mouth off to deities.

Don’t fall for the King of the Underworld.

And definitely don’t get dragged into a divine death match where I’m the cursed mortal prize.

But here I am―trapped in Tartarus, humanity’s worst pit stop, squaring off against monsters who make the gods look merciful. Titans, twisted by centuries of rage and ruin, are sealed behind seven ancient locks.

And guess what?

I'm the key.

To escape, I’ll have to survive every horrifying trial they throw at me.

To win, I might have to become something the gods never saw coming.

Oh, and Hades?

He's about to break every rule the gods ever wrote.

Because to save me … the god of death will burn the world.

But if I break free? So do the Titans.

And the world won’t just suffer―it'll beg for the end.

©2025 Abigail Owen (P)2025 Recorded Books

Defying the Filler Book Odds

Every time I read a trilogy, there are things that I enjoy in the second book, but mainly it feels like filler to get to the third and final book. This book, without giving much away in a review, allows the story to progress all while intertwining delicately with the previous book so that you can’t forget the journey of Lyra and Hades. You feel like you know these characters even more intimately all while being physically separated in current time. This book expands the world all while primarily being stuck in one location, which is fascinating. This storyline couldn’t have been easy to accomplish, and yet it flows so smoothly and moves you through a new plot and point in time. The ending is indeed a cliffhanger, but it also brings resolution to so many questions and concerns I had during the first book.

Abigail Owens brings mythology to life in a world that I’m obsessed with. She defied the second book filler syndrome that follows so many trilogies, and I can’t wait to read what comes next!

Mind Spinning

ever see the movie memento? spin that into the story line and you get a confusing mod book but it comes together in the end

Great!

Love this story about the gods Well written, exciting, fun read!! Can’t wait to see where it goes from here

Brilliant and beautifully written

This may be my favorite new Greek tragedy. I tried to savor the story, but found myself unable to put it down.

It’s not a Duet

I was wanting a Duet Narration and it is in fact
not but it’s pretty good.