Demon's life on Mount Olympus has never been busier in the final book in the Bea
st of Olympus series. Demon is now an Apprentice Healer to Chiron the Centaur Go
d as well as Official Beastkeeper to the rest of the gods. Chiron's a bit distra
cted by looking after a new baby, Ascelpius - but Demon's not too keen on adding
babysitting duties too.
He has enough poo to be cleaning up every day, thank
you very much! Horrible Heracles is back to his old beast-torturing tricks, and
there's another awful "hero" on the scene, Beastly Bellerophon, who's shoved bu
rning lead down the Chimera's throat and flown poor Pegasus nearly to death. Pan
is demanding Demon come down to earth to deal with the Mares of Diomedes, but u
p on Olympus the butterfly-winged goddess Psyche is about to blackmail Demon int
o doing something VERY dangerous. She needs Demon to "borrow" Zeus's Eagle, his
prized bird of prey, to complete the task she's been set by Aphrodite.
Eagle
is the only one who can soothe the three-tongued serpent who guards the spring o
f eternal youth at the source of the River Styx - and Psyche needs 'just a littl
e jug' of water from it to erase Aphrodite's (non-existent) wrinkles and win the
chance of marrying her son, Eros. Will the Eagle be willing to help Demon out?
Or will he turn the young Beastkeeper over to his royal master? The threat of be
ing sizzled by a thunderbolt has never been more real ...
