gods and goddesses

Argues that human beings owe their existence to extraterrestrial beings which visited Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago and created humans by combining their genetic materials with that of native hominid species. Demonstrates that the offspring of these beings became the demigods referenced in various ancient religions.

"In Cadenza music is power, and twelve-year-old Elissa is one of twelve singers, voices of the Goddess, who can sing miracles into being and bring healing and hope to the world. . . . In the war torn kingdoms of the world there are rulers who would like to use her and her song to gain power instead, and Elissa [struggles] to understand what the Goddess wants her to do, and how to protect herself, her composer, Lucio, and Cadenza itself"--OCLC.

"His story is told by the first Olympian herself, Hestia, Goddess of the hearth and home. From her seat in the center of Mt. Olympus, the first Olympian, Hestia, relates the rise of Dionysos, from his birth to a mortal mother, to his discovery of wine, his battles with madness and his conquering of death itself, culminating, finally, in his ascent to Olympus and Godhood--the first new god and the last of the Pantheon"--OCLC.

Born in the Library, daughter of a Library god, Freida has spent her whole life exploring its ever-changing tunnels, and communing with its gods--but then she meets Joshua, a Tierran boy desperate to save his people, and Nergui, disciple of a persecuted minority, and to help them she will risk everything.

"Hazel, a young healer navigating a ruthless court to save the life of the king, grapples with a pantheon of gods with questionable agendas as she fights for agency and true love in her own life as the goddaughter of none other than Death himself"--Provided by publisher.

"Everything Alex has feared for the past few months has come true: She has lost her free will to the Awakening and has been placed on the Elixir, which makes her docile and compliant. But . . . Aiden St. Delphi is willing to wage war on the gods--and Alex herself--to bring her back. The gods have killed thousands and leveled cities in their quest to end the all-powerful bond between the Apollyons. They would do anything to stop Seth from becoming the God Killer. But . . . Seth has become ruthless in his hunger for power. Alex and Aidan must venture their way past the guards of the Underworld and search for one soul among countless millions. As if that wasn't already hard enough, Alex has been desperately trying to keep Seth at bay from becoming the God Killer, but what she never realized is that she could become the God Killer herself"--Provided by publisher.

In the war against the gods, Alex and Aiden are fighting for their happily-ever-after, but victory requires trusting a deadly foe as they travel to the Underworld in preparation for the final battle against Ares.

After killing Ruven, a heretic sorcerer, and waking the royal family from an enchanted sleep, Lia, who was born with a miraculous gift, must marry Prince Araunn and forge a pact with a god--or die. But when the queen sends Lia and Prince Araunn on a quest to awaken the gods, Lia discovers that the boy she killed may be her only hope of survival.

"Nadya doesn't trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn't belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who--and what--he's become. As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. Their paths are being orchestrated by someone--or something. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet--those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer"--Amazon.

A girl who can speak to gods, a prince who must learn whom to trust, and a boy with a monstrous secret seek to assassinate the king and stop a centuries-long war.