Following the successful debut of its first-ever kids’ fact-based fiction series, Explorer Academy, National Geographic’s new Under the Stars imprint introduces its second action-packed fiction series, Zeus the Mighty, by Crispin Boyer.

Humorous and heartwarming, readers embark on a thrilling adventure in this entertaining new middle-grade fiction series inspired by Greek mythology and ancient Greece, beginning with the first title in the seven-book series, Zeus the Mighty: The Quest for the Golden Fleas.

About Zeus the Mighty:
Within a pet center sitting atop Mount Olympus in Athens, Georgia, lives a menagerie of eclectic creatures each named after a powerful god or goddess. By day, Zeus — a tiny, overconfident hamster with a mighty appetite for power — and his gaggle of gods run on their exercise wheels and take catnaps. But at night these fearless furry friends bravely take on legendary mythological quests! In the series’ first thrilling adventure, Zeus the Mighty has one giant task in front of him: to find the “golden fleas” so he can solidify his position as “king of the gods.”