Zeus lives on the island of Crete, cared for by the nymphs chosen by his mother and tutored in the ways of weapons by his mother's chosen guards, the Kouretes. His life is carefree until he learns the stories the nymphs have told him are real, not tales recounted to persuade him to behave. He would like nothing more than to rescue his siblings and see to the end of his father's rule, but he needs allies and a plan before he can start a war with the Titans.

Jackie Hamilton knows she's lucky. She has a good job and she divides what little time she has between her friends from high school and her best friend in the world, Johnny. She thinks everything is perfect until Rob Conroy, her boyfriend from law school returns to Portland.

Ariadne has always felt there is something missing from her life on Olympus with her husband and his kin. It isn't the loneliness she often feels from Dionysus' long absence as he spreads the word of his cult to the mortals of Hellas. She can't quite put a finger on it. But Zeus makes her an offer that she can't refuse even if it will break her husband's heart. Dionysus has spent the millennia since his beloved wife decided to give up her immortality trying to woo her back. Each time he watches her fall in love and marry one mortal after another, his heart shatters. How many more times can he...