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Aesthetic drawing on ancient marble architecture, foundational history, and grand mythic structures to evoke timeless epic scale.

The thrill of epic scale and foundational myths. The weight of history and the resonance of timeless stories, evoking a golden age of heroes and gods. The grandeur of marble architecture and the sweep of empires.

Books

The Song of AchillesMadeline Miller
The Mark of AthenaRick Riordan
CirceMadeline Miller
The Hidden OracleRick Riordan
The Dark ProphecyRick Riordan
The Burning MazeRick Riordan
The Throne of FireRick Riordan
The Tower of NeroRick Riordan
The Sun and the StarMark Oshiro
The Tyrant's TombRick Riordan
An ember in the ashesSabaa Tahir
PyramidsTerry Pratchett
Lord of LightRoger Zelazny
The PenelopiadMargaret Atwood
Blood and GoldAnne Rice
Cloud Cuckoo LandAnthony Doerr
The Will of the ManyJames Islington
Summer of the mariposasGuadalupe Garcia McCall
PandoraAnne Rice
Belgarath the sorcererDavid Eddings
The Fall of GondolinChristopher Tolkien
The silence of the girlsPat Barker
Stone BlindNatalie Haynes
The Ring of SolomonJonathan Stroud
Aru Shah and the Tree of WishesRoshani Chokshi
KaikeyiVaishnavi Patel
IliumDan Simmons
LaviniaUrsula K. Le Guin
HuntedKevin Hearne
The Chessmen of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughs
Fifteen DogsAndré Alexis
Age of mythMichael J. Sullivan
Gods Behaving BadlyMarie Phillips
Skin of the SeaNatasha Bowen
Creatures of Light and DarknessRoger Zelazny
Clash of the TitansAlan Dean Foster
Wonder Woman: WarbringerLeigh Bardugo
Currant EventsPiers Anthony
A Song to Drown RiversAnn Liang
OlymposDan Simmons
The dovekeepersAlice Hoffman
The Kingdom of BackMarie Lu
Kushiel's ChosenJacqueline Carey
Up the LineRobert Silverberg
This Wicked FateKalynn Bayron
SerpentineLaurell K. Hamilton
The RamayanaValmiki
An arrow's flightMark Merlis
Priestess of AvalonDiana L. Paxson
In Fury BornDavid Weber
The Salt RoadsNalo Hopkinson
Autobiography of redAnne Carson
The FirebrandMarion Zimmer Bradley
Juliet Dove, Queen of LoveBruce Coville
TrappedKevin Hearne
Once & FutureAmy Rose Capetta
Secrets of the terra-cotta soldierYing Chang Compestine
Lies We Sing to the SeaSarah Underwood
The Games Gods PlayAbigail Owen
Briefing for a Descent into HellDoris Lessing

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