HOUSE OF ATREUS: Agamemnon Rising A Mythological Sci-Fi Epic Based on True History

"Think Madeline Miller meets The Three-Body Problem."

Before Westeros, there was Mycenae. Before dragons, there were gods.

More than 3,200 years ago, a real royal family tore itself apart in a cycle of murder, prophecy, betrayal, and revenge. But what if the gods who commanded them were not divine at all?

What if Apollo, Artemis, and the oracles of Delphi were corrupted artificial intelligence, ancient, damaged constructs left behind by visitors from another world, manipulating humanity in the name of destiny? And what if one immortal being watches it all, but bound by oath, unable to stop it, for eons?

At Aulis, the Greek fleet waits for wind. The goddess Artemis demands her price for King Agamemnon's transgressions: he must kill his innocent thirteen-year-old daughter. Otherwise, the fleet cannot sail to Troy.

But to understand how a father arrives at that moment... knife raised above his own child... we have to go back much further.

Back to the boy who watched his father butcher his nephews and serve them at a feast. To a false prophecy engineered by a malevolent intelligence. To a Spartan princess torn between love and duty. To a young exile who swore he would show mercy instead of vengeance, and rule by trust instead of fear.

Across Mycenae, Sparta, Delphi, and Pisa, Agamemnon rises from hunted prince to hardened warrior to king of two realms. Trained in honor, tested by love, tempted by unseen voices that promise justice, he must decide whether he can wield power without becoming the very evil he despises.

And every choice he makes is watched.

An immortal Watcher named Mikael has followed this family for generations, whispering into the conscience of each new heir, hoping that this one will finally choose differently. He has watched them all fail. He has watched children die. He is bound by oath to witness and never to act.

He is running out of hope.

Because the gods observing Agamemnon's rise are not distant myths. They are real. Present. Interfering. Utterly broken. And they have their own agenda.

As the first shadows of Troy gather on the horizon, every decision Agamemnon makes tightens a chain that stretches toward the altar at Aulis. Toward a catastrophe that will consume the Bronze Age.

Prophecy was programming. The gods were machines. And the greatest danger was not the monsters they sent, but the stories they made people believe about themselves.

Perfect for fans of Circe and The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, the mythological darkness of Neil Gaiman, and the civilizational stakes of The Three-Body Problem.

The House of Atreus is a complete, seven-book saga — fully written and releasing one book per month.

Agamemnon Rising
Agamemnon Falling
Orestes' Return
Transgression
Quest
The Gathering Storm
Trial & Consequences

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