Young Hercules: The Ares Alliance [Paperback]

Keith R.A. DeCandido (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse (December 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671035541
• ISBN-13: 978-0671035549
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,974,740 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Keith R.A. DeCandido was born and raised in New York City to a family of librarians. He has written over two dozen novels, as well as short stories, nonfiction, eBooks, and comic books, most of them in various media universes, among them Star Trek, World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Marvel Comics, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity, Resident Evil, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, Farscape, Xena, and Doctor Who. His original novel Dragon Precinct was published in 2004, and he's also edited several anthologies, among them the award-nominated Imaginings and two Star Trek anthologies. Keith is also a musician, having played percussion for the bands the Don't Quit Your Day Job Players, the Boogie Knights, and the Randy Bandits, as well as several solo acts. In what he laughingly calls his spare time, Keith follows the New York Yankees and practices kenshikai karate. He still lives in New York City with his girlfriend and two insane cats.

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4.0 out of 5 stars New Ideas, June 19, 2000

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This review is from: Young Hercules: The Ares Alliance (Paperback)

Spring vacation has come, and the students from Cheiron's Academy are on break. Hercules, son of the god Zeus, along with Lilith and Iolaus, decide to visit the Amazons at the urging of Hercules, who has a crush on the Amazon queen, Cyane. But when they arrive at the Amazon settlement, they find it deserted: One of the gods has vanquished the tribe.

The Amazons have been captured by the Yoruba, members of a West African kingdom. That nation's god of war, Ogun, plans to inflame his people against the Amazons. And Ares, the Greek god of war, protector, and defender of the Amazons, is powerless to help his subjects because Zeus, his father, has forbid any Greek god from interfering in the affairs of foreign gods.

In order to save the Amazons, Ares must join forces with Hercules, which is no easy matter since Ares hates his brother for being their father's favorite son.

The story is very enjoyable. The only setback is that it's only 128 pages.