Publication News: Hades book!

Exciting news when I got into the office this morning! My offering to Routledge's God and Heroes of the Ancient World series is being contracted! It will surprise no one to hear that my contribution is on Hades, the shadowy god of the Underworld.

In line with the rest of the series, this book will cover the mythology and cult representation of Hades in the ancient world and look at what happens to the god after antiquity.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: WHY HADES?  
Introducing Hades and The Underworld  
 
PART TWO: KEY THEMES  
1. Origins  
2. Hades, Plouton, Theos  
3. Hades in Cult 
4. Queen and Consort  
5. Invisibility  
 
PART THREE: THE UNDERWORLD AFTERWARDS  
6. Hades into Hell  
7. The Underworld in Pop Culture and Virtual Reality 

Persephone and Hades: tondo of an Attic red-figured kylix, ca. 440–430 BC
[CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons.

Update: Below you can see the original proposal that I sent - there are a few changes that were made (reflected in the table of contents above) after review, but no major changes were made to the content.