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Hekate
(2025)(The Witch)
(The first book in the Goddesses of the Underworld series)A novel by Nikita Gill
2026 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award (longlist)
This #1 New York Times bestselling novel-in-verse from world-renowned poet Nikita Gill is a richly imagined retelling of the Greek myth of Hekate, a goddess of the underworld. Perfect for fans of Madeline Miller and Alexandra Bracken.
Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents are on the losing side of the war between the Titans and Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up, desperate to uncover her divine purpose and sense of belonging amongst the horrors and beauties that make the land of the dead.
When Hekate finally uncovers her powers and ascends as the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy, she realizes that even the most powerful Olympians fear her. But when immortal war breaks out again, threatening to destroy all everyone has ever known, Hekate finds that she's the only one who can bring the deadly conflict to an end.
In this stunningly intimate reimagining of a Greek myth, internationally renowned poet Nikita Gill showcases the underworld and its chthonic deities in all their glory, and weaves a gripping story about the young Goddess Hekate coming of age within their midst.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents are on the losing side of the war between the Titans and Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up, desperate to uncover her divine purpose and sense of belonging amongst the horrors and beauties that make the land of the dead.
When Hekate finally uncovers her powers and ascends as the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy, she realizes that even the most powerful Olympians fear her. But when immortal war breaks out again, threatening to destroy all everyone has ever known, Hekate finds that she's the only one who can bring the deadly conflict to an end.
In this stunningly intimate reimagining of a Greek myth, internationally renowned poet Nikita Gill showcases the underworld and its chthonic deities in all their glory, and weaves a gripping story about the young Goddess Hekate coming of age within their midst.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Praise for this book
"A magical journey of survival and discovery through the Greek Underworld. Populated with unforgettable gods and titans and narrated in dream-like poetry, Hekate is a unique creation and the most original addition to the retelling genre I have read in a while." - Costanza Casati
"In a wholly original, incandescent take on the myth of Hekate, Nikita Gill captures the beauty, brutality and otherworldly strangeness of the ancient world like no other writer. This beautifully imagined tale of a Refugee Goddess at times shares the dreamlike quality of Dante's Inferno, as Hekate encounters all the wonders and terrors of the Underworld. Her quest to find her destiny among a kingdom of outcasts was both deeply moving and absolutely captivating. Nikita Gill weaves in contemporary themes of war, displacement, loss and identity in a way that feels totally resonant with the Classical setting. This poem is pure magic." - Elodie Harper
"Hekate must be a work of stunning witchcraft, because I was spellbound from its very opening pages. Gill's lyrical prose is pure magic and brings the captivating, enigmatic Hekate to life so beautifully, exploring the life of a goddess fighting to find her place and power in the world." - Rosie Hewlett
"A marvel! Gill divests these mythological figures of centuries of dust, rendering them vivid, complex - almost human. Hekate's odyssey of self-discovery brings her from the depths of the Underworld to the heights of Olympus, immersing the reader in the life of the goddess of crossroads and witchcraft. This is mythology distilled to its essence, and crafted into glittering, jewel-like prose." - Luna McNamara
"Nikita Gill has a gift for slicing deftly through these complex myths to reveal the glittering, poignant truth at their heart. In Hekate, we are plunged into a vivid and imaginatively wrought divine world that is monstrous, magical and beautiful through the perspective of a bewildered child of war who grows up to understand and embrace her power. It's a timely and achingly resonant reflection on conflict, fear and the unbreakable bonds of family conveyed in exquisite, evocative poetry." - Jennifer Saint
"In a wholly original, incandescent take on the myth of Hekate, Nikita Gill captures the beauty, brutality and otherworldly strangeness of the ancient world like no other writer. This beautifully imagined tale of a Refugee Goddess at times shares the dreamlike quality of Dante's Inferno, as Hekate encounters all the wonders and terrors of the Underworld. Her quest to find her destiny among a kingdom of outcasts was both deeply moving and absolutely captivating. Nikita Gill weaves in contemporary themes of war, displacement, loss and identity in a way that feels totally resonant with the Classical setting. This poem is pure magic." - Elodie Harper
"Hekate must be a work of stunning witchcraft, because I was spellbound from its very opening pages. Gill's lyrical prose is pure magic and brings the captivating, enigmatic Hekate to life so beautifully, exploring the life of a goddess fighting to find her place and power in the world." - Rosie Hewlett
"A marvel! Gill divests these mythological figures of centuries of dust, rendering them vivid, complex - almost human. Hekate's odyssey of self-discovery brings her from the depths of the Underworld to the heights of Olympus, immersing the reader in the life of the goddess of crossroads and witchcraft. This is mythology distilled to its essence, and crafted into glittering, jewel-like prose." - Luna McNamara
"Nikita Gill has a gift for slicing deftly through these complex myths to reveal the glittering, poignant truth at their heart. In Hekate, we are plunged into a vivid and imaginatively wrought divine world that is monstrous, magical and beautiful through the perspective of a bewildered child of war who grows up to understand and embrace her power. It's a timely and achingly resonant reflection on conflict, fear and the unbreakable bonds of family conveyed in exquisite, evocative poetry." - Jennifer Saint
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