The novel centres on Diana’s journey to work with Alia, her brother, and friends, at times facing moral dilemmas, as well as physical ones. We can’t help what we are, only what life we choose to make for ourselves. The doomsday clock is ticking as Diana is pitted against those who would take advantage of Alia’s heritage, to find a way to change her fate, and save her from her own destiny. This sets the wheels in motion for Diana’s mission that she shoulders the burden of alone. Concealing her fear that she’s contributed to this devastating outcome, Diana seeks assistance from the Oracle on the island. The island is struck by earthquakes and Amazons disturbingly begin falling ill. Her mere presence on Themyscira risks the safety of the island and its inhabitants. Here, she saves Alia Keralis, who is later revealed to be the latest Warbringer in a long line of many a descendant of Helen of Troy, destined to bring misery and war to those around her. As she spots a shipwreck far from the island and hears screams carried on the wind, she abandons the task in hand to rescue those in distress.
She has not experienced mortal life, only to face death and then be gifted with immortality.ĭuring an attempt to prove that she’s just as worthy as her sisters, Diana finds herself torn. She feels she has not earned her place among her sisters. As the only Amazon born on the secluded and mysterious island of Themyscira, she’s set apart she does not share the same claim to the warrior qualities she possesses as the others she lives with. Warbringer opens with Diana, Princess of the Amazons and daughter to Queen Hippolyta, struggling to come to terms with her heritage. Born of war, destined to be ruled by no one but herself.
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