Storming heavenThe tyranny of the gods is absolute, and they are capricious, malevolent and almost all powerful, playing cruel games with the fates of mortals for their own ends. No one should have such power, and certainly not gods with no understanding of the hard, mortal life. But of course, taking on the gods means taking on power themselves and power corrupts. If they manage to, once they have taken it from the gods, what's to stop our heroes from keeping it

old rivalries blossom and the political stakes are stretched to breaking point back on Earth

In this ingenious book

perspective dawns

a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard's library

over a fire

evidence mounts and soon the entire village is swept up in the frenzied persecution of one of their own community

actionable advice

which do not require any sewing up

along with Wes (her ex-boyfriend) and Iris (her secret new girlfriend and mutual friend of Wes - awkward)

Since it was revived in 1950 to combat Communist insurgents

Europe and Africa

the term "idiomatic phrase" is used to convey something more specific than a phrase that is used and accepted in the normal spoken and written language of Welsh