Deze serie volgt de levens van jonge vrouwen die hun goddelijke afkomst ontdekken en verstrikt raken in een oude oorlog tussen goed en kwaad. Terwijl ze hun verborgen krachten ontsluiten, moeten ze leren hun vermogens te beheersen en kiezen aan wiens kant ze staan. Het is een episch verhaal over liefde, verlies en de strijd om de wereld te redden.
Destiny brought them together. The Gods will keep them apart. When shy, awkward Helen Hamilton sees Lucas Delos for the first time she thinks two things. The first: that he is the most ridiculously beautiful boy she has seen in her life. The second: that she wants to kill him with her bare hands. With an ancient curse making them loathe one another, Lucas and Helen have to keep their distance. But sometimes love is stronger than hate, and not even the gods themselves can prevent what will happen...
"Come to me, Dreamless one. I miss holding you in my arms... "Tasked with descending to the underworld and killing the furies so that the Scions can stop fighting amongst themselves, Helen must endure hellish torture whenever she goes to sleep - she wanders around the various levels of hell with no idea how to complete her task, and she's beginning to suffer from extreme exhaustion. Although she still trains with the Delos clan, Helen and Lucas are coming to terms with the fact that they cannot be together. Lucas believes that the only way Helen will complete her quest is if he leaves her alone completely, so he tells her he doesn't want to see her again and that he never loved her. Distraught, Helen carries on with her mission, and for the first time meets another person down in the shadowy underworld: Orion, descended from Adonis and with the power to control desire, he is the heir to the house of Rome and an outcast. He's also kind of hot. Confused by her conflicting emotions but glad to have an ally in hell, Helen begins to realise the enormity of her task...
Helen, Lucas und Orion müssen verhindern, dass die sterbliche Welt in die Hände der olympischen Götter fällt. Doch das Verlangen der Götter nach einem neuen Trojanischen Krieg wird immer größer. Zugleich wächst Helens Macht, aber auch das Misstrauen ihrer Freunde. Schließlich offenbart das Orakel, dass ein gefährlicher Tyrann unter ihnen lauert, der einen Keil zwischen sie treiben will alle Zeichen deuten auf Orion. Und was wird aus Helens ganz persönlichem Kampf um die Liebe zu Lucas?
