Hymn to Dionysus

Raised in a Greek legion, Phaidros has been taught to follow his commander``s orders at all costs. But when he rescues a baby from a fire at Thebes`` palace, he defies those orders and keeps the blue-eyed boy``s existence a secret. Years later, after a strange encounter that led to the death of his battalion, Phaidros has become a training master for young soldiers. He struggles with panic attacks and flashbacks, and he is not alone: all around him, his fellow veterans are losing their minds. Madness is not his only problem: Phaidros has become entangled with the search for Thebes`` lost young crown prince-a search that leads him to a blue-eyed witch named Dionysus, whose guidance is as wise as the events that surround him are strange. In Dionysus``s company, Phaidros witnesses sudden outbursts of riots and unrest, and everywhere Dionysus goes, rumors follow about a new god, one sired by Zeus but lost in a fire . . . In The Hymn to Dionysus, bestselling author Natasha Pulley transports us to an ancient empire on the edge of ruin to tell an utterly captivating story about a man needing a god to remind him how to be a human.