Ye Gods

I have been slowly delving into Holt's back catalogue ever since I stumbled across The Portable Door on promotion for 99p and the quality tends to vary quite dramatically. However, Ye Gods is a bit of a hidden gem in his back catalogue. A lot of it isn't subtle but it is lot's of fun and subversive enough that it's really quite clever. Does it have the characterisation and complexity of some of Holt's later work? No. But it is a damn good God ramp that had me laughing more than I expected. Well worth a read.

Jason Derry, the son of Jupiter and Mrs Derry at No. 17, is caught up in the struggle between the Olympian gods (now living in the Sun) and the Titans Gelos and Prometheus and will have to choose between a world without laughter or a world without the gods, which might be a world that's about to end.

Funny in parts, in others it was probably funnier in the early 1990s.

If you've gotten burnt out on the powers of the Greek gods a la Rick Riordan, this paean to the powers of aggro may be for you. It's not unlike Gods Behaving Badly, but funnier and rather less sordid.

Fantastical blending of Classical mythology and modern suburban life, Jason Derry's trials and tribulations as the son of Jupiter.

A less funnny and more confusing version of Terry Pratchett's Small Gods.

Just not that funny to me...just tedious

Jason Derry is born and bred to be a hero, but he doesn't suspect that his destiny is to save the world from the gods.