Origin Stories Books | Summaries & Audio

Invincible, Vol. 1

by Robert Kirkman • 2003

A teen inherits superpowers from his father, Earth's greatest hero, whose legacy hides an atrocity.

4.04

13k+

🦸 Superhero Origin Story 🧒 Teen Superhero 🧬 Heroic Legacy

Invincible, Vol. 1 89%

A teen inherits superpowers from his father, Earth's greatest hero, whose legacy hides an atrocity.

by Robert Kirkman 2003

4.04

13k+ ratings

🦸 Superhero Origin Story 🧒 Teen Superhero 🧬 Heroic Legacy

Invincible

by Robert Kirkman • 2005

A teenager discovers his superhero dad is an alien conqueror and must fight to save Earth.

4.32

11k+

🦸‍♂️ Superhero Coming Of Age 🦸 Superhero Deconstruction ⚔️ Father Vs Son

Invincible 88%

A teenager discovers his superhero dad is an alien conqueror and must fight to save Earth.

by Robert Kirkman 2005

4.32

11k+ ratings

🦸‍♂️ Superhero Coming Of Age 🦸 Superhero Deconstruction ⚔️ Father Vs Son

Los superhéroes y la filosofía

by Tom Morris • 2001

What Batman's vigilantism and Spider-Man's guilt reveal about the age-old question: Why be moral?

3.84

965

🧠 Pop Philosophy 📖 Comic Book Studies ⚖️ Applied Ethics

Los superhéroes y la filosofía 87%

What Batman's vigilantism and Spider-Man's guilt reveal about the age-old question: Why be moral?

by Tom Morris 2001

3.84

965 ratings

🧠 Pop Philosophy 📖 Comic Book Studies ⚖️ Applied Ethics

Batman

by John Jackson Miller • 2025

When an overlooked genius turns, Gotham's bicentennial becomes his stage for a reckoning.

4.18

922

🦇 Superhero Origin Story 🏙️ Gothic Urban Setting 🎭 Dual Identities

Batman 87%

When an overlooked genius turns, Gotham's bicentennial becomes his stage for a reckoning.

by John Jackson Miller 2025

4.18

922 ratings

🦇 Superhero Origin Story 🏙️ Gothic Urban Setting 🎭 Dual Identities

Villainous

by Matthew Cody • 2014

An ordinary boy in a superpowered town must find the real villains before a burning comet strikes.

4.23

501

🏫 Superhero School 🙅 Powerless Protagonist ⚔️ Superhero Rivalry

Villainous 87%

An ordinary boy in a superpowered town must find the real villains before a burning comet strikes.

by Matthew Cody 2014

4.23

501 ratings

🏫 Superhero School 🙅 Powerless Protagonist ⚔️ Superhero Rivalry

The Winter Soldier

by Mackenzi Lee • 2023

A botched museum mission plunges a restless Bucky Barnes into a world of spies and memory theft.

4.21

4k+

🦸 Superhero Origin 🕵️ Historical Espionage 🧠 Memory Manipulation

The Winter Soldier 87%

A botched museum mission plunges a restless Bucky Barnes into a world of spies and memory theft.

by Mackenzi Lee 2023

4.21

4k+ ratings

🦸 Superhero Origin 🕵️ Historical Espionage 🧠 Memory Manipulation

Green Lantern

by Geoff Johns • 2005

Hal Jordan died a villain. His return reveals a cosmic fear that was controlling him.

4.12

11k+

🪐 Cosmic Superhero Epic 🕯️ Fallen Hero Redemption 👮 Space Police Force

Green Lantern 87%

Hal Jordan died a villain. His return reveals a cosmic fear that was controlling him.

by Geoff Johns 2005

4.12

11k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Superhero Epic 🕯️ Fallen Hero Redemption 👮 Space Police Force

Path of Destruction

by Drew Karpyshyn • 2006

Cast out and broken, a Sith apprentice studies forbidden secrets to destroy his own order.

4.35

38k+

🦹 Villain Origin Story 📈 Underdog Ascension 🗡️ Secret Training

Path of Destruction 87%

Cast out and broken, a Sith apprentice studies forbidden secrets to destroy his own order.

by Drew Karpyshyn 2006

4.35

38k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Origin Story 📈 Underdog Ascension 🗡️ Secret Training

The Rise of Flynn Rider

by Jen Calonita • 2021

To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.

3.89

604

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎪 Circus Fantasy 👑 Hidden Royalty

The Rise of Flynn Rider 87%

To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.

by Jen Calonita 2021

3.89

604 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎪 Circus Fantasy 👑 Hidden Royalty

Doctor Strange and Philosophy

by Mark D. White • 2018

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

4.27

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics

Doctor Strange and Philosophy 87%

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

by Mark D. White 2018

4.27

44 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics

Darth Plagueis

by James Luceno • 2012

A Sith Lord seeks immortality while shaping a politician into the galaxy's most dangerous weapon.

4.2

37k+

🖤 Sith Origins 🌌 Galactic Politics ⚔️ Master And Apprentice

Darth Plagueis 87%

A Sith Lord seeks immortality while shaping a politician into the galaxy's most dangerous weapon.

by James Luceno 2012

4.2

37k+ ratings

🖤 Sith Origins 🌌 Galactic Politics ⚔️ Master And Apprentice

Sapiens

by David Vandermeulen • 2020

One species of ape conquered the planet, not with claws or tools, but with shared stories.

4.31

22k+

🧬 Human Evolution 🪨 Prehistoric Life 🧠 Cognitive Evolution

Sapiens 87%

One species of ape conquered the planet, not with claws or tools, but with shared stories.

by David Vandermeulen 2020

4.31

22k+ ratings

🧬 Human Evolution 🪨 Prehistoric Life 🧠 Cognitive Evolution

Calamity

by Brandon Sanderson • 2016

The last Reckoners must save their fallen mentor and stop the star turning superhumans into tyrants.

4.17

93k+

🦸 Superhero Deconstruction 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌅 Redemption Arc

Calamity 87%

The last Reckoners must save their fallen mentor and stop the star turning superhumans into tyrants.

by Brandon Sanderson 2016

4.17

93k+ ratings

🦸 Superhero Deconstruction 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌅 Redemption Arc

The Dancing Universe

by Marcelo Gleiser • 1997

Creation myths were not wrong turns. They were the first cosmology, and physics is their heir.

4.22

550

🏛️ History Of Cosmology 📜 Creation Myths 🙏 Science And Religion

The Dancing Universe 87%

Creation myths were not wrong turns. They were the first cosmology, and physics is their heir.

by Marcelo Gleiser 1997

4.22

550 ratings

🏛️ History Of Cosmology 📜 Creation Myths 🙏 Science And Religion

Hench

by Natalie Zina Walschots • 2020

After a hero shatters her leg, a temp worker weaponizes the hidden cost of saving the world.

4.00

27k+

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🦸 Superhero Satire 🌑 Villain Origin Story

Hench 87%

After a hero shatters her leg, a temp worker weaponizes the hidden cost of saving the world.

by Natalie Zina Walschots 2020

4.00

27k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🦸 Superhero Satire 🌑 Villain Origin Story

Suddenly Super

by Jen Calonita • 2023

Her powers betray her. Her parents vanish. A stranger offers rescue, hiding a bitter betrayal.

3.86

1k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Of Supers 😰 Anxious Superhero 💥 Powers Tied To Emotion

Suddenly Super 87%

Her powers betray her. Her parents vanish. A stranger offers rescue, hiding a bitter betrayal.

by Jen Calonita 2023

3.86

1k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Of Supers 😰 Anxious Superhero 💥 Powers Tied To Emotion

The Physics of Superheroes

by James Kakalios • 2006

Superman's leap, Gwen Stacy's fall: real physics hides inside comic book panels.

3.92

3k+

🧪 Pop Science 🎬 Pop-Culture Science 📚 Comic Book Science

The Physics of Superheroes 87%

Superman's leap, Gwen Stacy's fall: real physics hides inside comic book panels.

by James Kakalios 2006

3.92

3k+ ratings

🧪 Pop Science 🎬 Pop-Culture Science 📚 Comic Book Science

Waybound

by Will Wight • 2023

Lindon, a Dreadgod, must exile the Monarchs before the final Dreadgods wake, or hunger claims him.

4.62

24k+

📈 Progression Fantasy 🐉 Xianxia 🫂 Found Family

Waybound 86%

Lindon, a Dreadgod, must exile the Monarchs before the final Dreadgods wake, or hunger claims him.

by Will Wight 2023

4.62

24k+ ratings

📈 Progression Fantasy 🐉 Xianxia 🫂 Found Family

Catwoman

by Sarah J. Maas • 2018

Batwing hunts Catwoman. Catwoman hunts a cure. And the assassins who made her hunt her.

4.06

27k+

🐈‍⬛ Supervillain Origin Story 🗡️ Assassin Training ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

Catwoman 86%

Batwing hunts Catwoman. Catwoman hunts a cure. And the assassins who made her hunt her.

by Sarah J. Maas 2018

4.06

27k+ ratings

🐈‍⬛ Supervillain Origin Story 🗡️ Assassin Training ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

Arrival

by Michael Teitelbaum • 2002

A Kansas teen hides alien powers while a meteor-cursed avenger stalks his high school's homecoming.

3.73

236

🦸 Superhero Origin 👽 Hidden Alien Identity 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Arrival 86%

A Kansas teen hides alien powers while a meteor-cursed avenger stalks his high school's homecoming.

by Michael Teitelbaum 2002

3.73

236 ratings

🦸 Superhero Origin 👽 Hidden Alien Identity 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Path of Ascension 8

by C. Mantis • 2025

Two cultivators infiltrate a noble estate to free a prisoner held centuries for his Talent.

4.45

4k+

📈 Progression Fantasy 🚀 Space Fantasy 🦊 Bonded Companions

The Path of Ascension 8 86%

Two cultivators infiltrate a noble estate to free a prisoner held centuries for his Talent.

by C. Mantis 2025

4.45

4k+ ratings

📈 Progression Fantasy 🚀 Space Fantasy 🦊 Bonded Companions

Stars Above

by Marissa Meyer • 2016

The origin stories of a cyborg princess, a wolf soldier, and the family who sparked revolution.

4.14

108k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retellings 👑 Hidden Royalty 💛 Found Family

Stars Above 86%

The origin stories of a cyborg princess, a wolf soldier, and the family who sparked revolution.

by Marissa Meyer 2016

4.14

108k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retellings 👑 Hidden Royalty 💛 Found Family

Super Human

by Michael Carroll • 2006

A plague fells every adult superhero. Five teenagers must stop an immortal conqueror's return.

4.09

3k+

🦸 Teen Superhero Team 🫂 Found Family 🔄 Villain Redemption

Super Human 86%

A plague fells every adult superhero. Five teenagers must stop an immortal conqueror's return.

by Michael Carroll 2006

4.09

3k+ ratings

🦸 Teen Superhero Team 🫂 Found Family 🔄 Villain Redemption

Making Comics

by Scott McCloud • 2006

Comics are a storytelling engine powered by choices you make before the ink dries.

4.34

10k+

🛠️ Comics Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🧠 Comics Theory

Making Comics 86%

Comics are a storytelling engine powered by choices you make before the ink dries.

by Scott McCloud 2006

4.34

10k+ ratings

🛠️ Comics Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🧠 Comics Theory

Creation

by Adam Rutherford • 2013

Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.

3.97

762

🌍 Origin Of Life 🧪 Synthetic Biology 🧬 Genetic Engineering

Creation 86%

Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.

by Adam Rutherford 2013

3.97

762 ratings

🌍 Origin Of Life 🧪 Synthetic Biology 🧬 Genetic Engineering

The First Scientist

by Carlo Rovelli • 2005

26 centuries ago, one man freed the Earth from its supports and nature from its gods.

4.06

2k+

🏛️ Pre-Socratic Thought 🌌 Early Cosmology 🔬 Scientific Naturalism

The First Scientist 86%

26 centuries ago, one man freed the Earth from its supports and nature from its gods.

by Carlo Rovelli 2005

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Pre-Socratic Thought 🌌 Early Cosmology 🔬 Scientific Naturalism

Furies of Calderon

by Jim Butcher • 2004

Without the elemental powers everyone commands, a frontier boy must outthink a barbarian horde.

4.13

114k+

🔥 Elemental Magic 🏛️ Roman Inspired Fantasy 💪 Powerless Protagonist

Furies of Calderon 86%

Without the elemental powers everyone commands, a frontier boy must outthink a barbarian horde.

by Jim Butcher 2004

4.13

114k+ ratings

🔥 Elemental Magic 🏛️ Roman Inspired Fantasy 💪 Powerless Protagonist

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

by Rick Riordan • 2014

A snarky demigod retells the Greek myths, from the first chaos to the Olympians' rule.

4.42

99k+

🏛️ Greek Mythology 😂 Humorous Retelling 📚 Middle Grade Mythology

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods 86%

A snarky demigod retells the Greek myths, from the first chaos to the Olympians' rule.

by Rick Riordan 2014

4.42

99k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Mythology 😂 Humorous Retelling 📚 Middle Grade Mythology

Defiance of the Fall 10

by TheFirstDefier • 2023

His star empire faces war, so Zac plunges into hostile realms to claim an ancient inheritance.

4.49

7k+

🔥 Progression Fantasy 🌱 Cultivation Journey 🏰 Empire Building

Defiance of the Fall 10 86%

His star empire faces war, so Zac plunges into hostile realms to claim an ancient inheritance.

by TheFirstDefier 2023

4.49

7k+ ratings

🔥 Progression Fantasy 🌱 Cultivation Journey 🏰 Empire Building

Batman and Philosophy

by Mark D. White • 2008

Batman doesn't have superpowers, but his moral dilemmas are a crash course in Western philosophy.

3.76

2k+

📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 💥 Comic Book Analysis

Batman and Philosophy 86%

Batman doesn't have superpowers, but his moral dilemmas are a crash course in Western philosophy.

by Mark D. White 2008

3.76

2k+ ratings

📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 💥 Comic Book Analysis

Hollywood Heroes

by Frank Turek • 2022

Why every superhero movie keeps retelling a single story from two thousand years ago.

4.37

338

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🎬 Film And Faith 🦸 Superhero Archetypes

Hollywood Heroes 86%

Why every superhero movie keeps retelling a single story from two thousand years ago.

by Frank Turek 2022

4.37

338 ratings

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🎬 Film And Faith 🦸 Superhero Archetypes

Life Ascending

by Nick Lane • 2009

Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.

4.13

5k+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔄 Evolutionary Transitions 🌋 Origin Of Life

Life Ascending 86%

Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.

by Nick Lane 2009

4.13

5k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔄 Evolutionary Transitions 🌋 Origin Of Life

Daimon

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2011

Her mother killed by daimons, a half-blood outcast fights to reach the world that rejected her.

4.00

30k+

🏛️ Modern Greek Mythology 🌃 Hidden Supernatural World 🩸 Half Blood Outsider

Daimon 86%

Her mother killed by daimons, a half-blood outcast fights to reach the world that rejected her.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2011

4.00

30k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Greek Mythology 🌃 Hidden Supernatural World 🩸 Half Blood Outsider

Batman and Psychology

by Travis Langley • 2012

Batman as clinical case study: trauma, resilience, and why his rogues gallery is really a mirror.

4.05

3k+

🧠 Pop Psychology 📚 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Fictional Case Studies

Batman and Psychology 86%

Batman as clinical case study: trauma, resilience, and why his rogues gallery is really a mirror.

by Travis Langley 2012

4.05

3k+ ratings

🧠 Pop Psychology 📚 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Fictional Case Studies

Unsouled

by Will Wight • 2016

An outcast born without magic sees his valley's destruction. To prevent it, he must first escape.

4.14

58k+

🎮 Progression Fantasy 🌱 Cultivation Magic 💪 Underdog Hero

Unsouled 86%

An outcast born without magic sees his valley's destruction. To prevent it, he must first escape.

by Will Wight 2016

4.14

58k+ ratings

🎮 Progression Fantasy 🌱 Cultivation Magic 💪 Underdog Hero

The Anunnaki Chronicles

by Zecharia Sitchin • 2015

Ancient clay tablets describe alien miners creating humans in a lab and a war in space.

4.36

299

👽 Ancient Astronauts 📜 Alternative History 🏛️ Sumerian Mythology

The Anunnaki Chronicles 86%

Ancient clay tablets describe alien miners creating humans in a lab and a war in space.

by Zecharia Sitchin 2015

4.36

299 ratings

👽 Ancient Astronauts 📜 Alternative History 🏛️ Sumerian Mythology

Coming of Age in the Milky Way

by Timothy Ferris • 2003

Our cosmic address was once a tiny sphere with Earth at its center. How we found the real one.

4.16

3k+

🔭 History Of Cosmology 🌌 Cosmic Perspective 💥 Big Bang Cosmology

Coming of Age in the Milky Way 86%

Our cosmic address was once a tiny sphere with Earth at its center. How we found the real one.

by Timothy Ferris 2003

4.16

3k+ ratings

🔭 History Of Cosmology 🌌 Cosmic Perspective 💥 Big Bang Cosmology

An Inheritance of Magic

by Benedict Jacka • 2023

An outsider's hidden magical talent makes him a pawn in a ruthless family's war for supremacy.

4.09

5k+

🪙 Magical Economics 🧥 Outsider Hero 👑 Family Power Plays

An Inheritance of Magic 86%

An outsider's hidden magical talent makes him a pawn in a ruthless family's war for supremacy.

by Benedict Jacka 2023

4.09

5k+ ratings

🪙 Magical Economics 🧥 Outsider Hero 👑 Family Power Plays

The Lightning Thief

by Robert Venditti • 2010

Zeus's bolt is stolen, and Poseidon's newly discovered son must retrieve it before the solstice war.

4.41

142k+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 📖 Graphic Novel Adaptation 🧬 Hidden Parentage

The Lightning Thief 86%

Zeus's bolt is stolen, and Poseidon's newly discovered son must retrieve it before the solstice war.

by Robert Venditti 2010

4.41

142k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 📖 Graphic Novel Adaptation 🧬 Hidden Parentage

When the Sky Fell

by Rand Flem-Ath • 1995

Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.

3.92

278

⚱️ Lost Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 🌊 Catastrophism

When the Sky Fell 86%

Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.

by Rand Flem-Ath 1995

3.92

278 ratings

⚱️ Lost Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 🌊 Catastrophism

Neil Gaiman and Philosophy

by Tracy L. Bealer • 2012

What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.

3.55

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction

Neil Gaiman and Philosophy 86%

What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.

by Tracy L. Bealer 2012

3.55

92 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

by Dav Pilkey • 1997

Two fourth graders hypnotize their principal into a superhero; a giant toilet is destroying school.

4.04

60k+

🚽 Potty Humor Adventures 👬 Boyhood Mischief Duo 🩲 Accidental Superhero

The Adventures of Captain Underpants Summary

The Adventures of Captain Underpants 86%

Two fourth graders hypnotize their principal into a superhero; a giant toilet is destroying school.

by Dav Pilkey 1997

4.04

60k+ ratings

🚽 Potty Humor Adventures 👬 Boyhood Mischief Duo 🩲 Accidental Superhero

Draekora

by Lynette Noni • 2017

A wounded dragon hurls a teen into the past, where the future tyrant is still a prince.

4.55

10k+

⏳ Time Travel Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Bond 🖤 Villain Origin

Draekora 86%

A wounded dragon hurls a teen into the past, where the future tyrant is still a prince.

by Lynette Noni 2017

4.55

10k+ ratings

⏳ Time Travel Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Bond 🖤 Villain Origin

Master and Apprentice

by Claudia Gray • 2019

A Jedi Master and apprentice must crown a princess, but a vision of bloodshed foretells disaster.

4.16

23k+

🧑‍🏫 Mentor Mentee 🔮 Prophetic Dreams 🕵️ Honorable Thieves

Master and Apprentice 86%

A Jedi Master and apprentice must crown a princess, but a vision of bloodshed foretells disaster.

by Claudia Gray 2019

4.16

23k+ ratings

🧑‍🏫 Mentor Mentee 🔮 Prophetic Dreams 🕵️ Honorable Thieves

Seven Days that Divide the World

by John C. Lennox • 2011

The creation week divides science and faith; a mathematician shows the divide is manufactured.

4.16

3k+

🧬 Intelligent Design 📖 Biblical Interpretation 🌌 Science And Religion

Seven Days that Divide the World Summary

Seven Days that Divide the World 86%

The creation week divides science and faith; a mathematician shows the divide is manufactured.

by John C. Lennox 2011

4.16

3k+ ratings

🧬 Intelligent Design 📖 Biblical Interpretation 🌌 Science And Religion

Jumper

by Steven Gould • 2002

A brutal beating reveals a teenager can teleport. Now the government wants to own him.

3.93

16k+

🔮 Teleportation Power 🔋 Grounded Superpowers 💥 Power Born From Trauma

Jumper 86%

A brutal beating reveals a teenager can teleport. Now the government wants to own him.

by Steven Gould 2002

3.93

16k+ ratings

🔮 Teleportation Power 🔋 Grounded Superpowers 💥 Power Born From Trauma

Wintersteel

by Will Wight • 2020

A sacred artist devours his rivals through a tournament whose prize can execute Monarchs.

4.68

33k+

🏔️ Progression Fantasy ⚔️ Tournament Arc 🫂 Found Family

Wintersteel 86%

A sacred artist devours his rivals through a tournament whose prize can execute Monarchs.

by Will Wight 2020

4.68

33k+ ratings

🏔️ Progression Fantasy ⚔️ Tournament Arc 🫂 Found Family

The 12th Planet

by Zecharia Sitchin • 1976

A 12th planet sent alien gods to Earth, where they engineered humans to mine gold.

3.98

6k+

👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory 📜 Alternative History 🏛️ Sumerian Mythology

The 12th Planet 86%

A 12th planet sent alien gods to Earth, where they engineered humans to mine gold.

by Zecharia Sitchin 1976

3.98

6k+ ratings

👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory 📜 Alternative History 🏛️ Sumerian Mythology

Loki

by Mackenzi Lee • 2019

Exiled to Earth, a trickster god must solve mysterious deaths before a betrayal prophecy comes true.

3.91

19k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Fantasy ⚔️ Norse Mythology 🏛️ Victorian London

Loki 86%

Exiled to Earth, a trickster god must solve mysterious deaths before a betrayal prophecy comes true.

by Mackenzi Lee 2019

3.91

19k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Fantasy ⚔️ Norse Mythology 🏛️ Victorian London

Trapped

by Kevin Hearne • 2012

A Druid's apprentice needs her binding rite. The gods have turned Olympus into a trap.

4.27

46k+

🏛️ Mythological Mashup ⚔️ God Slayer 🧙 Mentor And Apprentice

Trapped 86%

A Druid's apprentice needs her binding rite. The gods have turned Olympus into a trap.

by Kevin Hearne 2012

4.27

46k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythological Mashup ⚔️ God Slayer 🧙 Mentor And Apprentice

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