![]() ![]() Agent: Kerry Sparks, Levine Greenberg Rostan. ![]() Newcomers to the myths may have to educate themselves to grasp all of the references, but those familiar with the characters will delight in this thoroughly contemporary soap opera’s reinvented and updated world. Ariadne’s older sisters even have their own reality show, The Paradoxes, which follows their lives and sexual conquests as young, rich, and beautiful princesses. In her debut, Roberson expertly modernizes Greek mythology with a very Kardashian twist. In addition, the show has been losing ratings, and with best friend Icarus’s career in the balance, fame-shy Ariadne literally and figuratively removes her mask to help make this the most exciting season yet. Complicating matters, Ariadne is attracted to Theseus, so when he asksįor her help, she must decide whether to aid in the murder of her little brother or let her crush be killed. By slaying the Minotaur, who is also Ariadne’s brother, he hopes to putĪn end to the death game. Available October 22nd from Farrar Straus & Giroux. This year, Theseus, the newly rediscovered Athenian prince, has decided to join the contest himself. Emily Roberson’s debut Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters is a YA novel about celebrity culture, family dynamics, and finding love amidst it all. ![]() For a decade, Ariadne, 16, has been the Keeper of the Maze in the annual fight-to-the-death reality TV show The Labyrinth Contest, in which 14 Athenians try to kill the Minotaur. ![]()
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