Goddess
By: Laura Powell
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781408815267
Subjects: Social life and customs; Cults; Young adult fiction; Juvenile fiction; Mythology; Manners and customs
Description: Strikes. Hunger. Riots. London is growing restless. Aura is blind to it all. The fame and glamour of the Cult of Artemis is the only home she has ever known. Life in the Sanctuary is a flurry of lavish parties, in-house shopping sprees and gossip with best friend Cally. What little Aura knows of conditions outside the exclusive grounds come from censored News channels or is learnt on procession to the Temple of Artemis. But days before Aura is due to be initiated as a Priestess of the Cult and offered the chance to be the successor to the High Priestess, she meets Aiden, the rebellious son of a keen sponsor of the Cult. His radical ideas and irresistible charm forces Aura to question everything - and everyone - she loves. Then Aura is blessed with an oracle from the great goddess Artemis. It alludes to deceitful figures who pose a dangerous threat to the future of the city. Aura believes the world should hear the warning. The Cult has other ideas. They issue a press release masking the true words of the prophecy. It seems the Cult has an image to protect. Whatever they are hiding is monumental and Aura has no choice but to find out what it is.