Hello peeps! I am thrilled to announce today the re-launch of my debut novel, The Necklace of Goddess Athena. This is a big day for me for two reasons: first, it is my name day (St Effrosyni Day) and, as many indie authors do, I chose a special day for my launch as to mark the occasion a bit better! Secondly, today it’s been exactly two years since the same book was published for the first time. I was a newbie back then and was unable to publish via Amazon (its procedures were far too technical for the average person at the time). So, I used one of many websites that offered free worldwide distribution. Check out the humble cover I used in September 2013:

It’s weird actually. Yesterday, as I was contemplating how far I’d come in just two years, Facebook prompted me to check out what I was doing on there two years ago and, lo and behold, this old cover came up and I had completely forgotten about it! I tell you, I gasped in astonishment. How far had I come in just two years, indeed? My head started spinning, remembering back to how it was, how stunned and overwhelmed I felt back then, contemplating the staggering amount of information I was expected to digest, battling alone as I learned the ropes, learning how to blog, trying to fathom Twitter . . .  And all that, without indie friends, without any mentors. Now, I am in a different world altogether within the indie universe, and it seems to me that in these two years I have traveled light years ahead from where I was back then.

With this cover, I published the book in early 2014 on Amazon. I remain eternally grateful to the two people who made it possible, namely my sister-in-law, Deborah Mansfield, who created the cover, as well as my brother-in-law, Adrian Leach, who kindly let me use his image of the Parthenon. This cover served its purpose incredibly well for the first two years, and I received a multitude of great comments for it across the social media.

In order to give the book a new boost, I made the decision early this year to relaunch it this Fall, and I am very pleased that, despite a series of adversities, I managed to make it happen with the help of some of my wonderful indie friends (you know who you are – thank you!) This new, 2nd edition, has been professionally edited and fitted with a new cover. Here below, you will find all the details. Check them out, and thank you so much for your visit!

Cover design by 187designz: https://www.facebook.com/187designz

IN ATHENS, THE GODS STILL DWELL AMONG THE MORTALS

Phevos and his sister Daphne are time travelers from ancient Greece. Unaware of the reason their father has sent them to modern-day Athens, they settle down in this new world with the assistance of two orphaned siblings. Soon, the four youngsters stumble upon vital information that can help them find their missing parents. When they discover a secret cave in the Acropolis foothills, a precious finding causes them to become involved in a conflict between two Gods, one of which becomes their protector and the other, their worst nemesis. Who will prevail when the rival Gods meet again and will the mortal bystanders survive to tell the tale?

The Necklace of Goddess Athena is an urban fantasy of Greek myths and time travel that’s peppered with mystery, nostalgia and romance. This #1 Amazon bestseller has been proclaimed “A Rare Gem” by the Fantasy & SciFi Network. In 2014, it made the shortlist for the “50 Best Self-Published Books Worth Reading” from Indie Author Land.

Find it on Amazon

US: http://amzn.to/1HLiU4g

UK: http://amzn.to/1YbFGtH

Or copy and paste this universal link in your browser, to visit your local Amazon store: myBook.to/GdssAthena

Book trailer & a downloadable excerpt available here:

http://effrosyniwrites.com/books/the-necklace-of-goddess-athena/

Available in kindle and paperback

To see the paperback on Amazon, click here.

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