Dcera Sparty – Andrewsová Claire M. (2022)

Seventeen-year-old Daphne has dedicated her entire life so far to becoming a warrior in body and soul, earning the respect of the uncompromising inhabitants of ancient Sparta. But an unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis – who holds the fate of Daphne's brother in her hands – will turn upside down the life she has worked so hard to build. Nine mysterious objects have been stolen from Mount Olympus, and if Daphne fails to find them all in time, the gods will lose their already waning power, chaos will reign in the mortal world, and her brother will perish. With the help of Artemis's twin – the beautiful and overly confident god Apollo – Daphne will travel across Greece from the Minotaur's labyrinth to the riddles spun by the Sphinx of Thebes, forge alliances with the mythical hero Theseus and the Amazon Hippolyta, and confront the gods themselves. In a modern take on the classic myth of Daphne and Apollo, Daughter of Sparta by debut author Claire Andrews transforms a well-known mythical tradition focused almost exclusively on men into a strong, thrilling adventure with a woman at its center.