The Flower and the Flame: A Hades and Persephone Retelling

A goddess bound by duty and the god who’ll sacrifice everything to set her free.

Persephone, goddess of spring, is sheltered by her powerful Olympian mother, Demeter. Yet, against her mother's stern decree to shun all men, be they mortal or divine, Persephone finds herself ensnared by the allure of a mysterious stranger wandering through her sanctuary.

In clandestine rendezvous spanning countless moons, Persephone's fascination blooms into an unexpected love, only to unveil that her paramour is no mere mortal but the enigmatic Hades, sovereign ruler of the shadowed realm beneath the earth. Despite the whispers of dread from the mountaintop goddesses, Persephone glimpses the benevolent heart within the god of the Underworld.

Torn between living in a world where she is beholden to obedience and a life of ruling alongside the god who has stolen her heart, Persephone ultimately chooses freedom. As Demeter's fury erupts in the wake of her daughter's perceived abduction, the earth quakes with her wrath, threatening to unravel both mortal and divine realms in her relentless pursuit to reclaim Persephone.

Discover a world where the death of innocence becomes a rebirth of self.

The Flower and the Flame reimagines the myth of Hades and Persephone, shining a light on the dark road to becoming the master of one’s own fate.

© 2024 Dragonfire Press (Ebook): 9781958354698

Release date

Ebook: May 15, 2024