Hercules' Blood

2090. USA, Montana. My name is Alexis Hurt and I am an orphan. I struggle to survive in a world teeming with titans, where Spartans – immortal beings with divine powers and obscene wealth – rule over all. Where the Kthonics – pure evil in flesh, kill and destroy indiscriminately. A shy stutterer without a past or future, I diligently study to survive. At least, I try. On my coming-of-age day, my blood test shows that I am once an abandoned child of a Spartan and a human. Now I am forced to undergo the Crucible, the most torturous trial of all time, to become immortal.

And there is no choice. It can't get worse? There is something else... Achilles and Patroclus are my terrifying mentors. Charon and Augustus are my horrifying teachers.

I am surrounded by the worst among the Immortals. And they choke me with their hatred and dark desires. But they have no idea who they are dealing with…