whereas her mom is making an attempt to pair her off with a by no means finishing procession of incorrect older males, Persephone is extra drawn to exploring the previous shrines of fogotten gods and heading off the makes an attempt at friendship prolonged through her half-sister Helen. unsatisfied with the responsiblity of her demi-god prestige, Persephone chooses in its place to easily forget about her skills, that are tricky whilst the grass is kind of actually turning out to be underneath her street.
Helen has her personal difficulties, her father is a godly playboy who has hassle remembering the names of all of his young children, and her mother's more and more unpredictable psychological kingdom has noticeable Helen shipped off to stick with her step-mother within the state. made up our minds to not unfastened what continues to be of her social status, Helen is fortunately ready to marry a stranger, viewing it as a basically company association. it is a disgrace that the one male inside ten miles that she could even think about is fortunately residing with a mountain nymph on his father's farm.
After being kidnapped through Hades, the god of the Underworld, Persephone focuses all of her cognizance on keeping off his advances and assisting others trapped there, whereas above her the area, now disadvantaged of her talents, is death. As her self belief in her get away starts off to dwindle, Persephone quickly unearths that her personal existence is seeping away, and she's yes it will not be lengthy sooner than the Underworld claims her as certainly one of it truly is own.
Set prior to the occasions of the Trojan battle, and lengthy prior to Paris' recognized kidnap of the married Helen of Troy, the development that marked the beginning of Troy's downfall, 'Breath of the Earth' winds jointly the tales of Persephone, Helen and Paris.