Young Hercules: The Ares Alliance

Young Hercules: The Ares Alliance was the second tie-in novel for Young Hercules.

Title Young Hercules: The Ares Alliance Medium Novel (fiction) Creator(s) Keith R.A. DeCandido Publisher Archway Paperbacks Release Date December 1999

Blurb

In a strange land, a cunning plot plunges the son of Zeus into the battle of his life.

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It's spring break at Cheiron's Academy - the perfect time for Hercules, Iolaus, and Lilith to visit Cyane and the Amazons. But when they arrive at the tribe's settlement, they find it deserted - the Amazons have simply vanished. How could Ares, the god of war and the Amazons' defender and protector, have allowed this to happen?

The Amazons have been taken to Yoruba, a West African kingdom. There Ogun, Ares' counterpart, plans to inflame his people against the Amazons to start a war between them. But for once Ares is powerless - Zeus has forbidden any Olympian from interfering in the affairs of outside gods. Now Hercules and Ares must forge a strange kind of alliance while battling three fearsome monsters in order to rescue Cyane and her people.

Timeline

• This book is set during season 1 of the TV episodes. Per the Canon References in the Books,

Other Pages

• Canon References in the Books

Trivia & References

Continuity Warning - Hercules is taken to the land of Yoruba, a West African kingdom, where they meet Ogun, Ares' counterpart. Although in the HtLJ Episode "Faith" (5.01), it is established that Hercules has never left Greece and Iolaus has never heard of another pantheon other than the Greek Gods. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, you mean that there are other gods out there?" - Iolaus

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• The Ares Alliance Transcript
• Interview with Keith R.A. DeCandido by Bryn, Co-Chancellor of the Young Hercules University.
• Book Review on Goodreads

Cover Scan

Click image for high-res version. Scan is from Bryn.