Monsters, maybe.: The Complete Four-Book Series (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798187705597)

HISTORY REMEMBERS THE HEROES.BUT HISTORY WASN'T THERE.

Every child in the Aegean knows what a monster looks like.

A Gorgon whose gaze turns flesh to stone. A bloodthirsty Minotaur waiting inside his labyrinth. A one-eyed giant who devours unwary travelers. A wild winged stallion that only a hero could tame.

The poets agree on all of it.

Then again, the poets agree with whoever is paying them.

Far beyond the maps of kings, Pelegon's Retreat has survived in secrecy for generations. Its inhabitants have good reasons for remaining hidden-and King Minos has reasons of his own for wanting them found.

When the king discovers the settlement, an armada sails to erase it from history. Before the ships have even arrived, the official version is taking shape: a dangerous city, a righteous campaign, and monsters who must be destroyed.

Inside Pelegon's Retreat, the truth is considerably more difficult to arrange.

Old grudges are waking. The gods are paying attention. Celebrated heroes are preparing to perform their appointed parts. And those caught between the kingdom and the creatures of legend must decide which stories they believe before those stories decide their fate.

But history does not end when the fighting does.

It passes into rumor, theatre, monuments, royal proclamations, and memories that change depending on who is speaking. What begins at a hidden settlement will reach the halls of Knossos and echo across kingdoms and generations. By the time anyone attempts to write down what happened, memory and legend no longer agree on who the heroes were-or whether there were any monsters at all.

Monsters, maybe. is the complete four-book mythological fantasy series about reputation, identity, power, performance, and the dangerous authority of inherited stories. Mythic, suspenseful, warmly human, and dryly funny, it explores what happens when the people condemned by history survive long enough to question the verdict.

This omnibus includes all four books, complete and unabridged:

Macramé Owls & EncoresRescue at Pelegon's RetreatA Crown of Dust and ShadowMemoirs of Arrogance and Excellence

The legends have already told you who the monsters are.

Now hear what they left out.

Author: Wilson H. Bard
ISBN-13: 9798187705597
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 07/17/2026
Pages: 746
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.16lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.64d