Am, short for Amarantha, discovers the King of Corinth is her childhood friend Iphicles, mortal twin of the demi-god Heracles. She has secretly loved him all her life, but he is now married with a young son. Treachery abounds, and Am helps the king defend his throne. Honor drives her to leave him and return to her jealous master, Ares, God of War.

Sought by Heracles on behalf of the son of Iphicles, Am deserts Ares and returns to Corinth, but cannot save the father. Mourning Iphicles' death, Am is attacked by an assassin at the tomb. Hampered by her garments, she struggles to overcome the fury of the man. He wounds her, but she slays him and Ares heals her wounds. In the second half of the novel as the legendary Champion of the Gods, Am jumps to Greece in 1999 where a religious zealot seeks to destroy all other religions and replace them with the One True God. Her task is to destroy him and preserve Greek history and culture.

The new religious fanatics will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. They destroy holy places and religious shrines all over the world and use torture and murder to gain information. Capturing Am, they subject her to unspeakable abuse.

While romance plays a major role in the novel, Bridger focuses mainly on her characters and their reactions to events beyond their control. She has written numerous short stories and a number of erotic novels. Another fantasy novel is in the works.