Jessica Stone’s life is about to begin in earnest. She just graduated from college, and a bright future is visible on the horizon. She’s every other American twenty-two-year-old. Or so she believes … until fate reveals its hand. When Becca, her best friend, drags her to a remote Greek island for one last party before they start their new jobs, fun quickly turns to tragedy. Becca vanishes, and only Jess believes her life is in danger. To the authorities she’s just another missing tourist, one they believe will show up eventually with a hangover and a new tattoo. The quest to find Becca drags Jess into a world steeped in Greek mythology, where the impossible is both probable and deadly, where alliances shift constantly and unpredictably. Her own allies are few, and their motives are suspect—at best. The most tempting is the darkly handsome Theo Lepidas, the hotel owner who smolders with deadly secrets. He can help Jess … for a price she doesn’t believe she can pay. According to Theo, Jess is the next guardian of Pandora’s Box, a dangerous relic with the ability to strip away humanity’s most valuable asset: hope. Without hope, the vicious and power-hungry Olympian gods can finally dissolve the barrier between worlds and return to their rightful places as overlords of mankind. Soon Jess is fighting for her life, bound to fulfill the destiny the Fates chose for her at birth—a destiny that could end in her murder at the hands of Greece’s old gods … (Previously published as Reliquary by Alex A. King)