Books with title The Sphinx

Nothing inspires the thirst for revenge like a broken heart. Asa didn’t ask to love a God. She didn’t pray that he would come to her home, ravage her body, and change the very meaning of her life. She didn’t ask for it, but that is what happened. For years she belonged to Ares, the god of war. She surrendered her heart to him. Whenever he wanted her, she was there. Until the day that he decided he no longer had use for her. Refusing to allow her to be with another he fashioned a curse and turned Asa into the Sphinx. While he was preoccupied with causing devastation elsewhere, Asa found a way to escape her curse and went into hiding. When the Gods fell from grace she knew that they would one day return and she prepared herself. While the Gods were away she worked. She collected relics that she used to craft a weapon fit to take down a god and swore to avenge the life that was taken from her. The Sphinx is book one of the Scorned by the Gods series from USA Today Bestselling Author, Jessica Cage. Grab your copy today to find out what happens when Asa wages war against the God of War!

Some stories are told, others are not, the best ones are rewritten. Stories are told of the sphinx—a monster with the head of a woman, the body of a lioness, the wings of an eagle, and a tail tipped with the head of a serpent. This beast was told to have been made to guard the entrance to the Greek city of Thebes. For each traveler to cross her path, a riddle was presented. If they could answer it correctly, access would be granted. What was her riddle? “What is the creature that walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three in the evening?” The price to pay for answering the riddle incorrectly, which of course they all did, was not a simple denial of entry to Thebes. Instead of turning them away, the sphinx, monster that was, strangled them with her tail and devoured them whole. The story goes that when it finally came to pass that someone could answer her riddle and the consecutive ones to follow, she committed suicide. What else was a girl to do? Some say she threw herself down from the high rocks and fell to her death, while others say that she devoured herself, subjecting herself to the same punishment she dished out to all those who had failed before, a talented feat. However, the question remains ... what really happened to her?

When people think of the Sphinx, the riddle of the Sphinx of Thebes might pop to mind, or maybe the colossal Great Sphinx of Egypt. Were they the same monster in two different mythologies? Or were they completely different? The Sphinx legend began in Egypt over 4,500 years ago when ancient Egyptians were giving their gods animal forms. Built to guard the royal tombs of the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx had the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh. It drew tourists from around the Mediterranean, and soon the mythology of the Greek Sphinx evolved. The Greek Sphinx had the body of a lion and the head of a woman. She terrorized the people of Thebes until a stranger, Oedipus, solved her mysterious riddle. Read the myths from these two cultures, and find out how sphinxes have been immortalized in statues and artwork throughout history.

Time Travel Thriller in Ancient EgyptFifteen-year-old Rosa doesn't see dead people; she hears them and talks to them. When she agrees to help the ghost of King Tut find his lost queen Hesena and clear his family's name, she doesn't count on falling for him. Once back in Ancient Egypt, Rosa discovers finding Tut's queen is not as easy as she thought, even though she carries part of that lost queen in her soul. She and Tut must also outwit an evil pharaoh who is determined to stop them even if it means one of them must die.

If they fail...She could die over 3300 years from home!Fifteen-year-old Rosa doesn't see dead people...She hears them & talks to them.When she agrees to help King Tut's ghost find his lost queen & clear his family's name, she doesn't count on falling for him.She & Tut must also outwit an evil pharaoh determined to stop them...Even if it means one of them must die.Tackle the elements & evil of Ancient Egypt...in this history-changing battle & Time Travel Thriller.Literary Classics Silver Medal for PreTeen/Tween; IAN Book of the Year Finalist YA; CAL Book Award Finalist YA Fiction; Literary Classics Seal of Approval; Readers' Favorite Finalist YA

A mysterious black sphinx, an ancient secret telling of amazing treasures, and smugglers of ancient artifacts. All these come together in the most unexpected place that could be imagined, a small city in the American Midwest. What starts out as a simple field trip to a museum turns into an amazing and dangerous international adventure for fifth-grader Robby Reardon and his teacher Mr. Reynolds when they meet a stranger at the Egyptian exhibit. Kidnapped because of information they didn't even know they had on the location of a lost pharoah's tomb, they are brought to Egypt. The pair are 'invited' by the friendly but also threatening Greek antiquities smuggler, Alexander Straticus, to help him complete his lifelong quest of finding the tomb. As the search progresses and Straticus becomes more threatening, all of them begin to realize they have gotten into something much greater and more dangerous than they could have imagined!