The Gryphoi Archon
This story is for anyone who loves modern retellings of classic myths, like Madeline Miller's Circe or the Percy Jackson series, but with a more mature, introspective tone. It will especially resonate with those who enjoy stories about discovering hidden worlds, exploring family secrets, and watching a strong female protagonist grow from a place of grief and skepticism into one of power and self-acceptance.
Explore the untamed skies, where griffins guard secrets of the past, and discover the passion and peril that ignite between them and those they protect. From heartwarming romantasy to gritty urban fantasy, these stories blend myth with reality in ways that will leave you breathless.
In Talons and Tails, griffins are more than just creatures of legend; they are symbols of power, freedom, and the eternal struggle between light and shadow. Whether soaring through storm-swept skies or caught in
the tangled webs of fate, these griffins will challenge, protect, terrify, and captivate you.
Enter worlds where the griffin’s cry echoes across the ages—and where the line between myth and reality blurs with every turn of the page.
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The Gryphoi Archon
Centuries ago, the gods vanished—and the world moved on.
Champions like Odysseus, Achilles, and Jason; beasts like the hydra, the gryphon, and the Minotaur; relics and oracles like the Golden Fleece and Cassandra. All sealed. Scattered. Forgotten. But now, a divine war stirs once more—sparked by a godling left behind, one who dreams of dragging mortals to their knees. And to do it, he needs the Gryphoi Archon: the ancient commander of the skies, bound by blood to a mortal rider.
Cassia Markiri never meant to chase gods or go mad like her mother did. She had graduate school to finish—and god willing, she would.
But when a call comes from her late mother’s landlord—deep in
Cyrosia, Greece—urging her to finally collect her mother’s things, Cassia takes a reluctant sabbatical and moves across the world to do just that.
Among her mother’s final wishes: a note tucked in the will.
Cassia, go. Please. Just once. See the mural at the Gryphonian ruins in Cyrosia. Then you’ll get it.
Cassia expects dust, maybe closure.
What she finds beneath the ruins is something else entirely.