Lion's Legacy
core novel 2023 Tennessee Russo
Record
| First published | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.93 (849 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781454948056 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo grew up as the sidekick on his father's archaeology adventure show, until a quarrel over the ethics of selling artifacts drove the two apart. Now his boyfriend has cheated on him and his life is unravelling when his father reappears with an offer: a hunt for the Rings of the Sacred Band of Thebes, a legendary troop of ancient Greek soldiers made up of paired lovers. Tennessee agrees to go, hoping to show that queer love has a place in the historical record. The search takes him through ruins and traps and into a new romance, while rumors of the rings' magical powers draw dangerous attention, and he has to decide whom he can trust and who has the right to claim the past.
Where it sits
- Universe: Tennessee Russo
- Series: Tennessee Russo core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: L. C. Rosen
Awards (verified)
- Mythopoeic Award (Adult Literature), 2024: finalist
Notes
- Magic is present in the story but plays a fairly small role.
- From the series record (Tennessee Russo): Tennessee Russo hunts legendary artifacts with a little real magic in the modern world.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Tennessee Russo: position 1 of 2: next King's Legacy (2025)
Sources
- Hachette Book Group, King's Legacy
- Hachette Book Group, Lion's Legacy
- BookPage review
- Wikipedia, Lev A. C. Rosen
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