But one of the problems she discovered was a lack of female leads in these adventure books. Being the only girl in family of boys, she grew up a true tom-boy and always loved books with high adventure. Over the course of her life she has had several careers before finding her real love, writing children's books. She has 3 brothers, no sisters and is passionate about animals and their causes and has many animal friends. These days, she calls the south coast of England home. Kate O'Hearn was born in Toronto Canada, but raised in the heart of New York City and has lived in many places throughout her life. Can a group of kids stop the invaders? Or is Titus, like Olympus before it, doomed?

It’s a scheme to take down the rulers of this world, conquer it, and then do the same across the galaxy. They have to get him home before anyone else discovers him.īut what the trio uncovers is something much bigger than one human boy. How he got to Titus is a mystery to him and to them. There they discover a human boy named Jake.

When Astraea and Zephyr get detention on their first day-for fighting with a centaur-they’re sent to the orchards to harvest nectar. All routes to Earth via the Solar Stream have been closed-no one can travel between the two worlds…or can they? Then the night before the first day of school, Astraea hears her parents discussing something a human has been spotted on Titus.

She just knows that it’s going to be awful, and that there is no way that Titans and Olympians will ever get along! At least she’s got her best friend, a winged-horse named Zephyr, to keep her company. But the deep-seated mistrust still lingers, so when a human ends up on Titus, he could be the spark that reignites the war…Īstraea is a Titan, granddaughter of Hyperion, and now a reluctant student at the brand-new school, Arcadia. The Titans and Olympians are keeping the peace. Neither Titans nor Olympians are allowed to visit and under no circumstances are humans allowed on Titus. Since then Earth has been declared a quarantined world. A group of kids must stop invaders before they take over Titus-and the rest of the universe-in this first book in a brand-new series from bestselling Pegasus author Kate O’Hearn, who masterfully blends mystery and mythology together.įifteen years ago, Olympus was destroyed and the Olympians were resettled on Titus.

Valkyrie by Kate O'Hearn