The Siren Song

core novel 2007 The Cronus Chronicles

Record

First published	2007
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	3.92 (1,945 ratings, collected 2026-09-10)
First-edition ISBN	9781416905899
Internal chronology	2

Synopsis

Charlotte Mielswetzski, severely grounded after her family and school struggled to make sense of her mysterious disappearance into the Underworld, finds her punishment interrupted when her family unexpectedly wins an educational cruise, a prize that at first seems like a welcome escape from being confined at home. The cruise turns out to be nothing of the sort: it has been orchestrated by Poseidon himself, seeking vengeance against the young heroes who thwarted his grandson Philonecron's earlier scheme, with Philonecron eager for a chance at payback of his own. Stranded at sea and squarely within the domain of one of the most powerful and temperamental gods of Greek myth, Charlotte and her cousin Zee must find a way to survive Poseidon's wrath and outmaneuver Philonecron a second time, with no easy way off the ship.

Where it sits

• Universe: The Cronus Chronicles
• Series: The Cronus Chronicles core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Anne Ursu

Notes

• From the series record (The Cronus Chronicles): A closed 3-book trilogy with no companion works.

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 The Cronus Chronicles: position 2 of 3: previous The Shadow Thieves (2006) · next The Immortal Fire (2009)

Sources

• Anne Ursu official author site, Cronus Chronicles page
• https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Siren-Song/Anne-Ursu/The-Cronus-Chronicles/9781665969703

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