Giveaway - Son of Hydra by Shelley Dark
In Son of Hydra, Shelley Dark crafts a gripping narrative that intertwines myth and modernity. The story follows a protagonist whose lineage is steeped in mystery, tracing roots back to an ancient force—the Hydra. Themes of identity, resilience, and the eternal struggle between light and darkness permeate the novel, offering readers a tale that is both timeless and urgent.
About Son of Hydra
Sydney, 1829.
Ghikas Voulgaris, proud and reckless son of a powerful Greek shipping family, is certain life will bend to his will. But when he and his friends attack a supply ship during the Greek War of Independence, everything shatters. His punishment is swift and public: transportation to the penal colony of New South Wales as a convicted pirate.
Stripped of his name, influence, and friends, Ghikas becomes nobody. He must bow to men who neither know nor care who he was. And Mary—a fierce Irish orphan who answers to no one—is everything he doesn’t want in a woman.
Ghikas believes he’ll serve his sentence and return to Hydra to reclaim his birthright. But the real battle—discovering who he is, where he belongs, and what makes a man—has only just begun.
About Shelley Dark
After a lifetime raising cattle on Queensland’s Granite Belt, my husband and I swapped the bush for the Sunshine Coast of Queensland Australia. These days I write novels, travel whenever I can, and take photos with my iPhone. I’m a member of the ALLWRiTE Club—an unforgettable support crew of writers.
My books include Hydra in Winter (2024), the story of my trip to the Greek island of Hydra to uncover my husband’s ancestor, Ghikas Voulgaris—Australia’s first Greek convict pioneer—and Son of Hydra (2025), the historical novel inspired by his extraordinary life. Next will come Daughter of Cork, the story of his Irish wife, along with more travel memoirs. My short fiction appears in anthologies.
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