The Witch of Colchis

by Rosie Hewlett

Narrated by Kristin Atherton

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Pub Date Sep 10 2024 | Archive Date Sep 20 2024

RBmedia | Recorded Books

Historical Fiction

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Description

For readers of Costanza Casati and Circe comes an evocative tale of love, murder, and magic following one of the most powerful and maligned women in Greek myth. Meet Medea like you've never known her before - a woman with improbable skill and the softest heart, held back by men who could never dream to deserve her.

A disgraced daughter. A fearsome witch.

A woman more myth than mortal.

Medea, princess of Colchis, longs for a different life. Since childhood, she has been shunned from her family, tormented by her people, and treated with shame. All because of a unique and dangerous talent: witchcraft.

But when a dashing young hero, Jason, arrives to claim the famed Golden Fleece, Medea sees her opportunity for escape. Her offer to help Jason sets in motion a journey that will test every ounce of strength, magic, and loyalty she has. A journey that will see her battle monsters, dethrone kings, and confront a love more brutal than any before.

A journey that will ultimately end in betrayal, bloodshed, and a dark power impossible to forget.

Advance Praise

"What's most powerful—and most heartbreaking—about Rosie Hewlett's The Witch of Colchis is its timelessness. Medea's story is 2,500 years old, but Hewlett's retelling resonates with urgency. With elegant prose and expertly crafted tension, the novel shows how years of abuse and toxicity lead to tragedy, and reminds the reader that we must offer our hand to the alone, the other, and the ostracized before it is too late." —Lauren J. A. Bear, author of Medusa’s Sisters

"A truly engaging feminist story about love and hate and vengeance and magic. Medea's hardships, longing, and rage are wonderfully rendered on the page. The infamous sorceress comes to life with agency—as a complicated, strong, and terrible force to be reckoned with. The ultimate anti-heroine!" —Chelsea Iverson, author of The Witches at the End of the World