Wrath Goddess Sing
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Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane | Free Audiobook

By Maya Deane

Narrated by Katherine Pucciariello

🎧 15 hours and 11 minutes 📘 William Morrow 📅 June 7, 2022 🌐 English
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About This Audiobook

Drawing on ancient texts and modern archeology to reveal the trans woman’s story hidden underneath the well-known myths of The Iliad, Maya Deane’s Wrath Goddess Sing weaves a compelling, pitilessly beautiful vision of Achilles’ vanished world, perfect for fans of Song of Achilles and the Inheritance trilogy.

The gods wanted blood. She fought for love.

Achilles has fled her home and her vicious Myrmidon clan to live as a woman with the kallai, the transgender priestesses of Great Mother Aphrodite. When Odysseus comes to recruit the “prince” Achilles for a war against the Hittites, she prepares to die rather than fight as a man. However, her divine mother, Athena, intervenes, transforming her body into the woman’s body she always longed for, and promises her everything: glory, power, fame, victory in war, and, most importantly, a child born of her own body. Reunited with her beloved cousin, Patroklos, and his brilliant wife, the sorceress Meryapi, Achilles sets out to war with a vengeance.

But the gods—a dysfunctional family of abusive immortals that have glutted on human sacrifices for centuries—have woven ancient schemes more blood-soaked and nightmarish than Achilles can imagine. At the center of it all is the cruel, immortal Helen, who sees Achilles as a worthy enemy after millennia of ennui and emptiness. In love with her newfound nemesis, Helen sets out to destroy everything and everyone Achilles cherishes, seeking a battle to the death.

An innovative spin on a familiar tale, this is the Trojan War unlike anything ever told, and an Achilles whose vulnerability is revealed by the people she chooses to fight…and chooses to trust.

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Our Review of Wrath Goddess Sing

Wrath Goddess Sing is a powerful and authentic story. Maya Deane writes with depth and honesty, creating characters and experiences that resonate deeply. The audiobook format adds emotional intimacy to every scene.

Why Listen to Wrath Goddess Sing as an Audiobook?

LGBTQ+ stories gain emotional depth in audiobook format. Katherine Pucciariello delivers a stellar narration that brings the story to life. The narration brings authenticity and warmth to every character. At 15 hours and 11 minutes, it is the perfect length to fully immerse yourself. A deeply personal listening experience.

What You Will Discover

A story that celebrates identity and authentic connection. Drawing on ancient texts and modern archeology to reveal the trans woman’s story hidden underneath the well-known myths of The Iliad, Maya Deane’s… Heartfelt, honest, and beautifully told.

Who Is This Audiobook For?

Anyone who values authentic storytelling and diverse voices will love Wrath Goddess Sing. Fans of Maya Deane and stories that celebrate identity, this is essential listening.

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What Listeners Are Saying

★★★★★

They’ll be talking about this book long after they’ve forgotten The Illiad

HIGHLIGHTS~do not read if you’re looking for Achilles/Patroclus~do read for epically deadly trans woman Achilles~and amazing Egyptian sorceresses~never trust a god~or a dolphinThere are books that strike you like a hammer against bronze, making you reverberate with their glory. Making you peal out your fierce, wild joy like the greatest…

– Siavahda
★★★★★

An Iliad for today's world

This is a beautiful, epic retelling of the Achilles myth that makes its own myth as the novel goes on. What at first seems like a familiar story to anyone knowledgeable about the Achilles myth (albeit with a trans protagonist) quickly takes a turn for the divine (intentional pun there)….

– Molly Lazer
★★★★★

I loved this book

I can’t say enough good things about this book. I loved inhabiting the Bronze Age world Maya Deane has created. It’s an intricate and expert interweaving of mythology and history. It’s an incredibly fun ride, with battles and action and divine intervention, wit and blood and guts and magic and…

– Eileen
★★★★☆

A beautiful retelling!

Though not included in Homer's Iliad, the story which sets up the heroism of Achilles in the Trojan War, there is a story that takes place before Achilles joins the war. Achilles' mother Thetis, in an attempt to save his life, sends him to live on Skyros as a woman…

– Jennifer C.
★★★★★

Loved it

I saw a lot of discourse in regards this book that seemed to imply a lot of negative aspects. On investigation it seems it stemmed pretty much from an inaccurate tweet. Therefore my rating remains at a solid 5/5 stars.I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to even begin…

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