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Radiant Darkness (2009) (edit title/settings)

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He smiles. "Hello." It's a deep voice. I can feel it reverberate in my chest and echo all the way down to my toes. I know I should leave, but I don't want to. I want to keep my senses like this forever. I'm all eye, all ear, all skin. Persephone lives in the most gorgeous place in... read more

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Persephone narrates the story how she met Hades from her point of view. She starts telling us how tired of her being treated as a child by her mother Demeter. Soon she meets with an outcast, a male who she has no idea who or what he is, but that she's attacted to him. After various meetings... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Persephone narrates the story how she met Hades from her point of view. She starts telling us how tired of her being treated as a child by her mother Demeter. Soon she meets with an outcast, a male who she has no idea who or what he is, but that she's attacted to him. After various meetings Persephone realises she's in love with him and she discovers by her mother that he's the ruler of the dead. Hades confess to her and ask her if she would come with him to his kingdom and be his queen, now Persephones has to make a choice. The next day she agrees and goes with him to the Underworld.

Persephone is impressed in how different is this kingdom, different but not terrible as she once imagined. She question herself about being queen and accepting by coming here, but those thoughts leaves her soon. Being a ruler is hard, if you've never wear heels and always being running with a chiton full of mud,(witch actually helps her in going unnoticed as the queen in the kingdom) so Hades starts helping her with the task. She soon discovers how to change her sourundings, she finds a rosemary, and decides she can make a garden around the castle with her own hands.
Soon, she starts to notice there's been a lot of more shades than the normal thanks to Melita, a los soul who almost goes into the Lethe river. Most of the shades are in there because of the bad harvesting they are getting. Hades is hiding something from here and does not want to talk to her about anything that goes out from his territory. Persephone realises her mother is making this, and she knows it because she left her and Demeter wants he back or she's going to kill evertyhing alive in earth.

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  • Persephone: Daughter of Demeter, the harvest goddess. She's an innocent immortal, kept with only females. She's tired of being treat as a child, wants to get to know new things.
  • Hades: Lord of the dead, keeper of the underworld and all dead creatures. Brother of Zeus and Poseidon, loves Persephone and finally marries her.
  • Demeter: Greek harvest goddess, hates males, loves her daughter dearly and doesn't want to let her go.
  • Hermes: Messenger of goods, allowed to pass everyone's territory. Hade's friend.
  • Charon: He's the one who carries newly souls across the rivers of Styxx and Acheron.
  • Kallirhoe: Persephone's friend. She's a nymph and knows all the gossips around. Lives in the valley.
  • Melita: A newly Shade, wants to help Persephone in making the garden. She doesn't know that Persephone's is the queen, she things it's a regular shade.
  • Admete: Persephone's friend. Lives in the valley. She's supossed to bel in love with a river god.
  • Galaxaura: Persephone's friend. Lives in the valley.
  • Ianthe: Persephone's friend. Lives in the valley.
  • Zeus: Ruler of Olympus, God of sky and thunder. He's known for his affairs with female mortals, and for being Hera's husband.
  • Abastor: Hades horse.
  • Thanatos: His name means death. Mortals know all about him, how he frees the soul birds to fly from their earthly bodies and introduces them to Hermes, their guide to Charon’s boat. Handsome and always glad to help others in the underworld.
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First Sentence edit see section history

“PERSEPHONE. Daughter of DEMETER, the harvest goddess. Kidnapped and forced to—” Wrong! In every book of myths, the same; in every book, wrong!

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Prologue

Part I - Above

Part II - Below

Part III - Above Again

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Glossary edit see section history

  • Shades: They live in the underworld, souls who have human form.
  • Thesmophoria: A festival for the harvest.
  • Chiton: Some kind of dress.
  • The Lethe river: One of the rivers of the underworld, known as the River of Forgetting. You can forget your own identities and memories in there, you can be at peace in there. Lots of shades goes there.
  • The Phlegethon river: River of the underworld, it's made of fire.
  • The Styx river: River of the underworld, It has his own dangers, guards against shades who want to scape.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Emily Whitman (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 28, 2009
ISBN: 0061724491
Page Count: 288

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Recommended for age +12.

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