‘In my beginning is my end.’

You know how Greek mythology begins. How it ends will shock you.

Zeus, King of the Olympian gods, defeated the Titans, fathered heroes, and had Prometheus create humans.

One question obsessed Him: ‘Why are mortals more intelligent than I am?’

For 1,100 years, starting with Thales of Miletus and ending with Damascius, Zeus was the longest professional student of philosophy in the history of the world, with Odysseus as His tutor.

Funny and utterly unpredictable, Zeus is the unforgettable opening book of Eulogy of Planet Earth. It is Zeus’ epic odyssey through the birth, triumph, and demise of Western civilization.

If Madeline Miller, Pat Barker, Margaret Atwood and Stephen Fry retell Greek mythology, Eulogy of Planet Earth asks a different question: what happens after the myths end, the day the music dies?