Decadent cyberpunk cities. Greek mythology and giant mechs. Hades and Persephone as never seen before.
For generations, colossi have besieged the gates of Elysium. Each day, the city’s fall looms closer.
As one of Elysium’s rulers, Hades has long sought to break this stalemate. In Persephone, a cyborg tailor-made to kill, she finds the key to victory and the perfect pilot for her war machine. She will acquire Persephone at any cost.
Born to wield violence and with the bloodthirst to match, Persephone chafes under her mother’s control. At the first opportunity, she brutally breaks free and seeks sanctuary with the unlikeliest of patrons: the Lord of the Machine Dead, the Master of the Underworld.
All Hades and Persephone have to do to realize their goals is to navigate the city’s treacherous politics—and survive the coming war.
Shortlisted for the Transfeminine Review award for Best Transfeminine Fiction of 2024.
Reviews
The Hades Calculus is invigorating, cathartic, and joyous, and it handles its potentially overpowering themes and subjects with a grace and craftsmanship that makes it something truly special – Ara Reviews
A primal, feral hunger runs through the entire ordeal, animating the pages with a verve that brings to mind Monique Wittig’s The Lesbian Body. The love between lesbians is ferocious, untamed, and much more than skin-deep, penetrating to the entrails, gripping with a madness that is only comprehensible to those who have wanted to devour as they are devoured. Hades Calculus is a truly lesbian book in text and theme, in every plot beat and minor motif, and is all the more brilliant for it – Talia Bhatt
Readers looking for an imaginative, sexy, action-packed saga blending mythology and cyberpunk will be utterly transfixed by this dazzling and subversive work. While it clearly sets up future installments, The Hades Calculus stands powerfully on its own as a singular piece of speculative fiction magic – Hidden Sci-fi
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Gunmetal Olympus / Hades Calculus 