This series chronicles the lives of young women who discover their divine heritage and become entangled in an ancient war between good and evil. As they uncover their hidden powers, they must learn to harness their abilities and choose where their loyalties lie. It's an epic tale of love, loss, and the fight to save the world.
Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is—now it's getting harder. She's having nightmares of a desperate desert journey, visions of three women weeping tears of blood. And why is she possessed by the sudden, unstoppable urge to kill the handsome new boy in school, Lucas Delos? A love written in the stars . . . A feud started in ancient Greece . . . A curse not even the gods can break.
"Come to me, Dreamless one. I miss holding you in my arms... "Tasked with descending to the underworld and killing the furies so that the Scions can stop fighting amongst themselves, Helen must endure hellish torture whenever she goes to sleep - she wanders around the various levels of hell with no idea how to complete her task, and she's beginning to suffer from extreme exhaustion. Although she still trains with the Delos clan, Helen and Lucas are coming to terms with the fact that they cannot be together. Lucas believes that the only way Helen will complete her quest is if he leaves her alone completely, so he tells her he doesn't want to see her again and that he never loved her. Distraught, Helen carries on with her mission, and for the first time meets another person down in the shadowy underworld: Orion, descended from Adonis and with the power to control desire, he is the heir to the house of Rome and an outcast. He's also kind of hot. Confused by her conflicting emotions but glad to have an ally in hell, Helen begins to realise the enormity of her task...
The third and final book in the internationally bestselling Starcrossed series.
Helen, Lucas und Orion müssen verhindern, dass die sterbliche Welt in die Hände der olympischen Götter fällt. Doch das Verlangen der Götter nach einem neuen Trojanischen Krieg wird immer größer. Zugleich wächst Helens Macht, aber auch das Misstrauen ihrer Freunde. Schließlich offenbart das Orakel, dass ein gefährlicher Tyrann unter ihnen lauert, der einen Keil zwischen sie treiben will alle Zeichen deuten auf Orion. Und was wird aus Helens ganz persönlichem Kampf um die Liebe zu Lucas?