The Hymn to Dionysus

A timely and timeless reimagining of the story of Dionysus,Greek God of ecstasy and madnessrevelry and ruinfor readers of The Song of Achilles and Elektra. Raised in a Greek legionPhaidros has been taught to fight for the homeland he’s never seen and to follow his commander’s orders at all costs. But when he rescues a baby from a fire at Thebes’s palacehis commander’s orders cease to make sense: Phaidros is forced to abandon the blue-eyed boy at a templeand to keep the baby’s existence a secret. Years laterafter a strange encounter that led to the death of his battalionPhaidros has become a training master for young soldiers. He struggles with panic attacks and flashbacksand he is not the only one: all around himhis fellow veterans are losing their minds. Phaidros’s risk of madness is not his only problem: his life has become entangled with Thebes’s young crown princewho wishes to escape the marriage his motherthe Queenhas chosen for him. When the prince vanishesPhaidros is drawn into the search for him-a search that leads him to a blue-eyed witch named Dionysuswhose guidance is as wise as the events that surround him are strange. In Dionysus’s companyPhaidros witnesses sudden outbursts of riots and unrestand everywhere Dionysus goesrumors follow about a new godone sired by Zeus but lost in a fire. In The Hymn to Dionysusbestselling author Natasha Pulley transports us to an ancient empire on the edge of ruin to tell an utterly captivating story about a man needing a god to remind him how to be a human.