The Hymn to Dionysus

Natasha Pulley (Author)

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A timely reimagining of the story of Dionysus-Greek god of ecstasy, revelry, and ruin-and a captivating queer love story for readers of The Song of Achilles and Elektra.

Raised in a Greek legion, Phaidros has been taught to follow his commander's orders at all costs. But when Phaidros rescues a baby from a fire at Thebes's palace, his commander's orders cease to make sense: Phaidros is forced to abandon the blue-eyed boy at a temple, and to keep the baby's existence a total secret.

Years later, struggling with panic attacks and flashbacks, Phaidros is enlisted by the Queen to find her son, Thebes' young crown prince, who has vanished to escape an arranged marriage. The search leads him to a blue-eyed witch named Dionysus, whose guidance is as wise as the events that surround him are strange. In Dionysus's company, Phaidros witnesses sudden outbursts of riots and unrest, and everywhere Dionysus goes, rumors follow about a new god, one sired by Zeus but lost in a fire.

In The Hymn to Dionysus, bestselling author Natasha Pulley transports us to an ancient empire on the edge of ruin to tell an utterly captivating queer love story about a man needing a god to remind him how to be a human.

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Published	Mar 18 2025
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	416
ISBN	9781639732371
Imprint	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Natasha Pulley

Natasha Pulley is the internationally bestselling…

One of the best and most consistently stunning novelists of our time . . . Pulley's ability to weave reality, history, and fantasy is unmatched.

A Cineaste's Bookshelf
[A] fresh and stylish reimagining . . . In her singular voice, Pulley crafts a nuanced story that enthralls the reader until the very last page. Fans of Greek myth retellings won't want to miss this one.

Publishers Weekly, starred review
Amid a plethora of retellings of ancient Greek and Roman tales, it's Pulley's utterly unique and outrageously candid and witty hero Phaidros that makes this captivating yarn and its beautiful love story a standout.

Booklist, starred review
Pulley brings out her favorite elements-palace intrigue, gallant lovers, masks, transformations, ambiguity, automata-and twists them into mesmerizing patterns . . . This love story is witty, bittersweet, surprising, and compellingly readable.

Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Pulley's hallucinatory exploration of the god of wine . . . had me hooked from the first page . . . The Hymn to Dionysus probes the boundaries of mythos and love, leaving readers laughing through bittersweet tears.

Washington Independent Review of Books
While there's been an explosion in Greek myth retellings in recent years, you haven't read one like Natasha Pulley's newest . . . It's a queer love story wrapped up in questions about the end of empire and the need for revelry-quite fitting for 2025.

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