There is a question I am asked, sooner or later, by nearly every reader who encounters my novels for the first time: Why the archaic English? The question is reasonable. We live in an age that prizes clarity, speed, and transparency of style. Modern prose aspires to invisibility—the words, ideally, should dissolve on the page, […]
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INTRODUCTION Atalanta of the Wild began not with a plot outline or a character sketch, but with a question that Ovid refused to answer. In the Metamorphoses, the transformation of Atalanta and Hippomenes into lions occupies a handful of lines — a swift, almost casual punishment appended to the story of the golden apples. I
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Written by Edmond Thornfield Review by Karen Bordonaro (Published on HNS Reviews Magazine, May 1, 2026.) The storied reign of King Minos, ruler of Knossos on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age (circa 1700 BCE), is enveloped in many myths and legends into which this tale of his son, Asterios, offers an intriguing addition.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ FEB 2026 Literary Titan Gold Book Award Upon King Minos’s death, Asterios must ascend the throne of the Kingdom of the Labrys or witness Krete fall to rebel lords. With his kin’s sorcery and a dread ally from Tartaros, he leads his warriors in bloody sieges, confronts traitorous nobles, and races to rescue his
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On April 2, 2026, I wrote the final sentence of Atalanta of the Wild , my third novel. It is the product of six months at my desk and years of intermittent travel through Greece in search of the landscapes that first gave these myths their hold upon me. This novel arose from my return to Atalanta’s
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