
Hekate
The Witch
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Print & ebook · September 16, 2025
The instant #1 New York Times and #1 National Indie bestseller!
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- Who it’s for
- A dark, theatrical riff on myth with witch-romance pull and teen-friendly bite.
- Genres
- Greek & Roman Myths for Teens, Novels in Verse for Teens, Wizards & Witches for Teens
- Published
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, September 16, 2025
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The instant #1 New York Times and #1 National Indie bestseller! Perfect for fans of Madeline Miller and Alexandra Bracken, this richly imagined retelling of the Greek myth of Hekate, a goddess of the underworld, is a powerful novel-in-verse from world-renowned poet Nikita Gill. Hekate sings the story of its eponymous heroine.
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Born into a world on fire and at war, she and her mother are left behind by the menfolk of their Titan family as the battle against the new Gods—the Olympians—begins. Soon, Hekate and her mother are forced to flee their home as the Olympians overpower and enslave the Titans, including Hekate’s father, Perses, and gain dominion over the universe. In a bid to protect Hekate from the clutches of Zeus and Poseidon, her mother leaves her in the underworld with the goddess Styx and king of the underworld, Hades, where she must make a life for herself and discover her divine purpose. Here begins Nikita Gill’s beautiful and propulsive reimagining of Hekate’s myth which unfolds into a coming-of-age adventure story and quest in which our young protagonist—not yet a goddess—sets out to discover what has happened to her parents, heal from the trauma of her separation from them, make a new home for herself in the underworld, and eventually step into her true power as a woman and goddess, before it’s too late. Meet all the Goddesses of the Underworld: Hekate: The Witch Styx: The River Nyx: The Night (coming Fall 2027!)
Mythic Spark
A dark, theatrical riff on myth with witch-romance pull and teen-friendly bite.
Come here for
- mythic, witchy edge
- collector-friendly Hekate fixation
Expect
- sustained immersion
- stage-ready intensity
Where it sits
| Greek & Roman Myths for Teens | 87% |
|---|---|
| Wizards & Witches for Teens | 76% |
| Novels in Verse for Teens | 60% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- Greek & Roman Myths for Teens
- Novels in Verse for Teens
- War & Military
- Authors
- Nikita Gill
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Published
- September 16, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Girls & Women