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Styx: The River
A fierce retelling of beautiful verse from Sunday Times bestselling author, Nikita Gill
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Styx: The River is a rich, gleaming jewel of a novel… a heartbreakingly beautiful story of feminine rage and strength, says JENNIFER SAINT. Beginning a generation before Hekate, Styx sings the story of the goddess of the underworld river that bears her name… The firstborn child...
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Perfect for fans of Madeline Miller and Alexandra Bracken, this richly imagined retelling of the Greek myth of Styx, goddess of the underworld river, is the second standalone book in Nikita Gill's Sunday Times bestselling trilogy.
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Styx: The River is a rich, gleaming jewel of a novel… a heartbreakingly beautiful story of feminine rage and strength, says JENNIFER SAINT.
Beginning a generation before Hekate, Styx sings the story of the goddess of the underworld river that bears her name…
The firstborn child of Titans, Styx is revered as the first of her kind – until she is eclipsed and forgotten amid her scores of siblings, the Oceanids and the Potamoi.
Coming of age in a world simmering with paranoia and unspoken fear of Kronos, the volatile and unchecked god-king, Styx learns to conceal the rage ignited by her growing disillusionment with her parents and her vain and unkind siblings. Instead, she finds solace and sisterhood in her cousin, Asteria. Together, they train in the arts of creation and magic. As they seek to learn their divine purpose and their place within the Titanomachy, they discover both the joy sparked by true love and the fierce resilience birthed from motherhood.
In this lyrical and heartrending tale of sisterhood, identity, love, and war, Styx must carve her own path to womanhood – and ultimately, godhood.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781398537200
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Edition: Export/Airside
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 416
About the Author
Nikita Gill is an Irish-Indian poet who has the attention of 800,000 Instagram followers worldwide for her work. Her work offers a shift of perspective which centres women in both Greek and Hindu myth as well as folklore. She has given a TEDx Talk, spoken at every major literary festival in the UK and been shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice Award in poetry three times, the Childrens Poetry Award twice and longlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Gill has written seven poetry collections and two verse novels. Her book of fables for children, Animal Tales from India (Walker Books), and her newest verse novel for Doctor Who, The Angel of Redemption (a 2010s story) (BBC Children’s Books), were both out in October 2023.
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