God of Fire

Greek Myths A New Retelling

By: Helen Steadman

Narrated by: Christopher Swift

A Greek myth retelling of the outcast god who forged Olympus in flame and fury.

Hephaestus is the only Olympian whose injuries never heal—and Zeus adds to his burden by sentencing him to life with Aphrodite.

Trapped in a loveless marriage to the adulterous goddess of love, Hephaestus turns to fire, creating divine wonders to soothe his pain. Of course, his fellow gods waste no time in demanding all manner of magical inventions.

But Hephaestus is nobody’s fool. His magic hides a shadow side—as gods and mortals learn to their cost when Zeus commands him to create Pandora’s jar....

Uncover the dark truth behind the gods in this immersive Greek mythology novel.

©2022 Helen Steadman (P)2025 Helen Steadman

Cool twist for a mythical tale

Heph is a pretty cool God that ends up going through some crazy stuff. I found this to be quite the entertaining story. The author did some pretty good research on her historical research. The characters were interesting and kept me engaged. I found the narrator had a pretty good range of voices so this kept the story with variety of changes throughout. The action and drama, what can I say :) At times, I feel like the Greek Gods were similar to Shakespeare plays. It's a really good story to listen to on audio. I'm really glad I did.

Greek Mythology

As a fan of Greek Mythology it was refreshing to get a viewpoint from a Greek God that's played a pivotal role in Mythology, but often left to the wayside. Their are hundreds if not thousands of different versions Greek myths have been told and this retelling was a great rendition of some truly classic tales. The author as well as the narrator do a fantastic job in breathing life into these classic tales just as Prometheus and Hephaestus breathed life into the clay structures of man.

Awesome

Great book, kept my attention all the way to the end, amazing audio delivery, loved it. Will be reading again. Every chapter was received amazingly. I do recommend you give it a read.

Recommend

I really enjoyed this book. Real family struggles with adoption and God's. I listening to this book and was so into it I didn't realize that 5 hours had passed. Would recommend if you like Hercules, Percy Jackson, and other like it.

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excellent

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! After listening to this story,. I totally enjoyed reading this book. It’s well written and the characters were uniquely fantastic. I would suggest this book to my friends that like this sort of genera. this was a good book. The narration was great.