The Box - Hardcover

Fedelia, Laura Ryan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1458208109 ISBN 13: 9781458208101

Publisher: Abbott Press, 2013

Synopsis

It's not that Pan Blair, stay-at-home mother of three, has anything against humanity per se. It's just that she finds interacting with its members to be draining to the point of exhaustion. Her husband, however, can neither understand nor live with her introversion. When a scheme of his creation lands them on the brink of homelessness, Pan decides it's time to get the hell out of the passenger seat. It's time to take an active role in her own life.

Even though she knows she's not remotely qualified for it, she accepts a management position at a bookstore. There's something eerily familiar about her new boss, the enigmatic Ignatius Pyre, but Pan has more than a few new revelations coming. As soon as she accepts the job, she faces a Herculean gamut of physical, emotional, and ethical trials. Every day, she learns a little bit more about herself, but nothing could possibly prepare her for the biggest shock of her life.

Pan, it turns out, is short for Pandora, of Greek legend; what's more, Ignatius has been her soul mate throughout time. Together, they are about to turn the world upside down. But rather than unleashing the plague, pestilence, and misery of the legendary Pandora's Box on humanity, they instead liberated the gifts of the gods-and Zeus is not exactly pleased.

Now, Zeus' relentless pursuit through history has come to a head, and he has just the leverage he needs to force Pan into an impossible choice.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Prometheus rolled his eyes. "So, if the box works as he's counting on, he won't need to worry about it anymore. Without Elpis' gift, people will be unable to dream, plan, conceive of anything different than what they are presented with.  He can give them ash to eat and broken glass to sleep on, and they will sing his praises as the giver of all gifts because he tells them it is so."

About the Author:

As a shy, only child,  Laura Ryan depended heavily on her imaginary friends for companionship These friends often took the shape of characters from her favorite bedtime stories, Icarus, Antigone, Aphrodite, Hercules, and most of all Pandora. As she grew, Laura developed an interest in folk tales and ancient religions, as well as a passion for the works of Marion Zimmer Bradley, Tolkien, and Shakespeare. These influences, coupled with her acute connection to her Greek heritage on her mother's side, as well as a rich storytelling tradition on her father's, have prompted Laura to write epic tales that challenge long-accepted mythologies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abbott Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1458208109
• ISBN 13: 9781458208101
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 326