A five-year-old child with an unusual gift starts a chain reaction when she reanimates a gargoyle, setting the stage for her rise to power a dozen years later as the Oracle of Delphi.

Alessandra awakens the grotesque prince from slumber …

Mismatch warns the child who will be queen of a family curse …

Phoibe turns to her shadow friend for protection …

Lantos delivers a message and mission to a priestess …

Theodocia chooses serving her goddess over her gladiator boyfriend …

Niko wins an audience with a member of the elite …

Cleon grants a final favor to his betrayer …

Herakles takes an oath to protect a special child with an unusual gift …

The fate of the world rests in the hands of a child and the seven strangers who will become her allies and enemies. It’s the beginning of the end – and not even the gods can stop what comes