Wearing the lion

Wearing the lion

John Wiswell
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"Nebula Award-winning author John Wiswell brings a humanizing and humorous touch to the Hercules story, forever changing the way we understand the man behind the myth-and the goddess reluctantly bound to him"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiswell, John, 1981- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : DAW Books, 2025.
Edition:First edition.
Series:DAW book collectors ; no. 1983.
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