“I’m not an archaeologist—but I play one on YouTube.” Penny came to Athens on her first trip overseas and was enjoying the sights, the food, the history, and that warm Mediterranean sun. That was before a quick stop at a low-rent archaeological dig in Germany went badly awry. Now Penny is on the run, lost and alone in the middle of Europe without even a phrase-book, dogged by an implacable pursuer and threatened by a phantom killer. What no one could have expected was that Athena Fox, the globe-trotting adventurer Penny played on her YouTube channel, would begin to take on a life of her own. Penny's odyssey back to Athens will take her from the depths of the Black Forest to the crowded tents of Oktoberfest, through a chase across the hundred bridges of Venice to a struggle for survival in the waters of the Adriatic. She will need to discover if she, too, can be as clever as a Fox. The pride of a people and a priceless archaeological treasure are at stake. But if there’s one lesson you can take from the Classics—it is never underestimate Athena. Take one part Romancing the Stone, one part Indiana Jones, and season liberally with Greek myth. And stick around for the rest of the series; Penny, and her alter-ego, are just getting started.

An American Archaeologist in London Penny Bright is going to become a real archaeologist. She’s not going to let tough classes, obnoxious fellow students, or her rapidly dwindling funds stop her. Nor that she doesn’t, apparently, even speak the same language. Then things get interesting. Penny gets an opportunity to dig at an old Underground platform. At Nine Elms, she is drawn into the story of a young woman who sheltered there during the London Blitz. Before this is over she’ll have met mudlarkers and pantomime players, and gone from an illegal expedition into an abandoned power station to a bloody encounter on the very stage of Shakespeare’s Globe; all in search of answers about a lost love and a secret buried for over seventy years. Until, trapped under the streets of London, she must confront the question of what it means to be a hero...

Big trouble in old Kyoto… Athena Fox is on a mission. From traditional Kyoto to the glittering Ginza she is out to infiltrate a powerful cult and discover their dangerous secret. She’s not afraid of wanna-be ninja, shadowy government agents, or mysterious forest spirits. The one thing that scares her is anyone finding out she isn’t Athena Fox! Through dawn runs in the old geisha district, sword fights in the dusty streets of a studio town, and private lessons from an elegant Takarasienne Penny finds herself growing into her role. From the luxuries of a traditional ryokan to the neon-lit craziness of the fan haven Akiba, she begins to think that she might be able to be able to pull off the globe-trotting adventurer she once dreamed of being. And in the deep snows of a holy mountain, in deadly danger, she might just discover that Penny has some unique skills of her own… So grab your well-worn fedora and a fist-full of shuriken for a trip through the funhouse mirror, to where traditional Japan crashes into a pop-culture remix in the wildest adventure yet for Athena Fox.