• Hades' Daughter

  • The Troy Game, Book I
  • By: Sara Douglass
  • Narrated by: Sheryl Bernstein
  • Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (115 ratings)

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Hades' Daughter

By: Sara Douglass
Narrated by: Sheryl Bernstein
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Publisher's summary

Ancient Greece is a place where mortals are the playthings of the gods but at the core of each city-state lies a Labyrinth, where mortals can shape the heavens to their own design.

When Theseus comes away from the Labyrinth with the prize and his beloved, the Mistress of the Labyrinth, his future seems assured. But she bears him only a daughter and when he casts her aside for this, the world changes. From that day forward, the Labyrinths decay, and power fades from the city-states.

A hundred years pass, Troy falls, the Trojans scatter. Brutus, the warrior-king of Troy, receives a vision of distant shores where he can rebuild the ancient kingdom. He will move heaven and earth to reach his destiny, but in the mists is a woman of power who has her own reasons for luring Brutus to these green shores.

If Brutus makes this journey successfully, it will be the next step in the Game of the Labyrinth, and the start of a complicated contest of wills to span the centuries.

©2002 Sara Douglass Enterprises Pty Ltd (P)2003 Audio Renaissance

Critic reviews

"In this dazzling start to a new trilogy, Australian author Douglass once again combines mythology, fantasy, magic and romance to produce a consistent, well-rounded story full of seriously flawed characters both abhorrently evil and enthrallingly empathetic....Douglass continually surprises, and readers will eagerly await the next two books." (Publishers Weekly)
"Sheryl Bernstein brings fortitude to this saga." (AudioFile)

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Absolutely adore these books.

These are some of my favorite books and I truly wish the rest of the series was available because I'd purchase immediately.

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Enjoyable listen. I hope the other books in the trilogy show up on Audible soon. I enjoy books (like this one) where you get to know multiple characters as opposed to books where each chapter is focused primarily on the main character.

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the only one on audio so far

Nice blend of real life events and fiction,. the narrator mispronounced a few words, and struggled with her tone on male voices but it doesn't detract from the story. well done over all.

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Hade's Daughter

A good listen. Little slow at first but once you get into it a good story with future potential for sequels.

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A good story

Characters are very human and move you along the story. It was a good listen and a very good story.

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One of my favorite series

This was the first of her books I read. I listened to the audio book years later and it was just as captivating as I remembered. Wonderful story with complex characters. The attention to detail in relation to mythology and history is top tier and something she is known for.

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Waiting for the rest to be here

I enjoyed this book, but considering the length of it I would really like to see the sequels on here soon so that my envestment of time will pay off.

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awesome

it was great. I would love to listen to the rest of the series! With the same performer. She was amazing!

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wonderful

i'm not sure why this doesn't have a better rating. i thought the writing was excellent, and the plot is fresh and exciting. i also really enjoyed the narration.

i highly recommend this to fantasy fans, and i for one am looking forward to the sequel!

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Hades Daughter

I really loved this audiobook and wish that you would get the next 2 as I am just dying to find out the rest of the story. It is a real waste of time and money to only get part of the story.

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