{"product_id":"wearing-the-lion-hardcover","title":"Wearing the Lion - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Wiswell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Nebula Award Nominee* \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This novel effortlessly ascends to the heights of Mount Olympus. Tough and tender and bittersweet. \u003ci\u003eWearing the Lion\u003c\/i\u003e establishes Wiswell firmly on the new fantasy landscape.\" --T. Kingfisher, Hugo Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNettle \u0026amp; Bone\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wiswell makes something new and thrilling--and funny and wrenching and tender--out of a very old myth.\" --Kelly Link, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Love\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNebula Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eSomeone You Can Build a Nest In \u003c\/i\u003eJohn Wiswell brings a humanizing and humorous touch to the Hercules story, forever changing the way we understand the man behind the myth--and the goddess reluctantly bound to him \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSometimes a goddess's worst enemy is her biggest fan.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeracles, hero of Greece, dedicates all his feats to the goddess Hera. If only he knew that his very face is an insult to her...as he is yet another child that Hera's dipshit husband, Zeus, had out of wedlock. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Auntie Hera\" loathes every minute of Heracles' devotion, until she snaps and causes an unspeakably tragic accident: the death of Heracles' children. Plunged into grief and desperate for revenge, Heracles is determined to find the god that did this. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWracked with guilt and desperate to save face, Hera distracts Heracles with monster-slaying quests, only to find that he is too traumatized to enact more violence. Instead, Heracles cares for the Nemean lion, bonds with the Lernaean hydra, and heeds the Ceryneian hind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach challenge adds a new monster to Heracles' newfound family. A family that just might lay siege to Mount Olympos.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Wiswell\u003c\/b\u003e is a disabled writer who lives where New York keeps its trees. His novel \u003ci\u003eSomeone You Can Build a Nest In\u003c\/i\u003e won the Nebula Award and Locus Award and was nominated for the Hugo Award. He has also won a Nebula and a Locus for his short fiction, and has been a finalist for the British Fantasy Award and World Fantasy Award. He is also the author of the Nebula Award-nominated \u003ci\u003eWearing the Lion \u003c\/i\u003eand the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eThe Dragon Has Some Complaints.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 8.44 x 6.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53578585735475,"sku":"9780756419547","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/hn-VD8zUNq9780756419547.webp?v=1782861817","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/wearing-the-lion-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}