Twenty-five-year-old Nora Stanfell is frustrated by the duplicity and haplessness of her so-called friends and stymied by her job as a reporter for the Goldmont Sun, Oregon's fourth-oldest newspaper. One night while on assignment, Nora is accosted by a mysterious stranger spearheading a local waterfront project and learns he knows more about her than she does. Little does she know that after receiving a tattoo on her wrist years ago, she unwittingly became part of a centuries-old feud between two warring Greek dynasties. Now forced to choose sides, Nora, with the questionable assistance of these same friends, undertakes a journey into a maze-like shadow world where she must confront her past and attempt to take control of her future. But will her efforts be enough to thwart the efforts of a crazed demigod hell-bent on revenge? In this fantasy novel, a plucky newspaper reporter embarks on a surreal quest to explore the link between a years-old tattoo on her wrist and an ancient Greek dynasty feud.
Twenty-five-year-old Nora Stanfell is frustrated by the duplicity and haplessness of her so-called friends and stymied by her job as a reporter for the Goldmont Sun, Oregon's fourth-oldest newspaper. One night while on assignment, Nora is accosted by a mysterious stranger spearheading a local waterfront project and learns he knows more about her than she does. Little does she know that after receiving a tattoo on her wrist years ago, she unwittingly became part of a centuries-old feud between two warring Greek dynasties. Now forced to choose sides, Nora, with the questionable assistance of these same friends, undertakes a journey into a maze-like shadow world where she must confront her past and attempt to take control of her future. But will her efforts be enough to thwart the efforts of a crazed demigod hell-bent on revenge? In this fantasy novel, a plucky newspaper reporter embarks on a surreal quest to explore the link between a years-old tattoo on her wrist and an ancient Greek dynasty feud.