No Gods, Only Monsters

Antiquity Chronicles, Book standalone

By: Steve McHugh

Narrated by: Moira Quirk

Diana, the Roman Goddess of the hunt, lives alone on the far edge of the Roman Empire.

When an old friend arrives looking for help, Diana finds herself thrust back into her old life, and her old problems.

With innocent lives caught in the crossfire, Diana realizes that the only way to ensure the safety of her friends and loved ones is to do what she does best: hunt her enemies down.

©2022 Steve McHugh (P)2022 Podium Audio

Excellent writing and narrating

I'm picky when it comes to narration and story, and this book delivered both! I enjoyed the action scenes and the character interactions with their witty banter.

Top Quality!!!!!

This is an example, of why Steve has become my favorite author. He has established his rank, with the first Hellequin Chronicles book (Crimes Against Magic). I still recommend that book to people.

This has a great story, with great voice talent. Can't wait to hear the next book.

Battle Heavy

This was a well-written book with an interesting plot and familiar characters. It was a reluctant hero arc with gradual character growth, and it was interesting to see his version of these character's backgrounds after getting to know them in the Hellequin series, (And I still adore this version of Hades and Persephone.) It felt like the entire book went something like this: Introduce a setting, have a battle. Travel to another setting, have a battle. Travel in a different way, have a battle. And, repeat. I dislike squishy battle scenes so I have to admit that after about halfway through the book I maxed out and started doing a LOT of fast-forwarding past the inevitable descriptions of what battle axes do to human and monster bodies. So it went something like this: Introduce a setting, battle starts. Hit fast forward a few minutes. Listen to check the status. Hear about something squishy happening. Fast forward a few minutes, Check the status. Hear about something squishy -- ew, nope, fast forward. Okay, post battle discussion, Listen to the recovery, infer what I missed, listen to characters make plans for what to do next and travel to the next setting. Setting is described. Battle starts. Fast forward...

Loved it!

No Gods, Only Monsters
By Steve McHugh
Wow, what can I say! I really loved this! Myths, legends, roll it around in Steve McHugh's mind and this is what happens! Action, adventure, fights between gods, Diana, Medusa, Poseidon, dwarves, and more. Love the world building. The battle scenes were spectacular! There are tender moments too. Medusa is actually a good character in here. (I loved that!) The characters are flawed and relatable, except some of the horrible ones, they were just flawed! 😂
Nice addition to the Hellequin series! If you haven't read that series then do yourself a favor and pick it up! Great narration!

loved the book

A wow loved the book and can't wait for the next book. I have listened or read all Steve's books and can recommend them all