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As ancient immortals are left reeling, a modern Athena and Hermes search the world for answers in opens in a new windowUngodly, the final Goddess War novel by Kendare Blake, the acclaimed author of opens in a new windowAnna Dressed in Blood. Please enjoy this excerpt.
Chapter One: At Large
The California coast. Soft, hot sand beneath her feet and an expanse of blue before her eyes. Cassandra pulled a deep breath in through her nose: dry heat, and oil from the fryer in the café behind her. A hint of engine exhaust, too, from somewhere, and underneath all the rest, barely detectable on the edges of the air, the smell of salt and deep, dark cold.
Deep, and dark. And blue. But I know what moves farther out underneath the currents. Behind the waves. I’ve seen their fins, and their lidless eyes. I’ve tasted their blood.