{This Tale Is True} — Deborah Adams

They don't make goddesses like they used to….

For eons they ruled, but modern times have been rough on the ancient deities -- their temples collapsed, their worshippers wandered off, and their purposes were made redundant by industry and technology.

And the Fates aren't finished with them yet.

Mere days before the annual renewal of their immortality is to occur, the goddess of youth disappears. Without her and her restorative nectar, time and age will catch up with the goddesses. In the blink of an eye, they will shrivel and die, leaving the world to fend for itself….