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JUDGING ATHENA Media Kit

(Press Release Below)

Author Biography

Perrin Lovett

Perrin Lovett is a Christian traditionalist author from the South. His books include The Happy Little Cigar Book (2015), Get Out! (2020), The Substitute (Green Altar, 2023), and Judging Athena (Green Altar, 2025). His columns, essays, and short stories have appeared at Reckonin’, Geopolitika, Katehon, Pravda English, The Fourth Political Theory, Nova Resistência, the Postil Magazine, Idee e Azione, and various other thoughtful outlets, being translated in roughly a dozen languages, a few of which he is moderately fluent in. He holds some of those degreed credentials people like. Kindly follow him at www.perrinlovett.com and www.perrinlovettbooks.com. Deo vindice!

Contact Information

Author email: perrinlovett-AT-gmail-DOT-com

Author website: www.perrinlovettbooks.com

Author blog: www.perrinlovett.com

Author Telegram: https://t.me/perrinlovettbooks

Publisher website: www.shotwellpublishing.com

Publisher email, Editor Paul C. Graham: shotwellpublishing-AT- gmail-DOT-com

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Sell Details

Title: Judging Athena

Author: Perrin Lovett

Christian Romance / $9.95 – $34.95 / 294 – 330 pages, depending on format

ISBN-10: 1963506405

ISBN-13: 978-1963506402

Release date: May 1, 2025

Formats available: Kindle, EPUB, Paperback, Hardcover

Available from: Shotwell Publishing, Amazon, Barnes & Noble

Territories sold: US, Canada, UK, Europe

Language(s): English

Citation: Lovett, Perrin, Judging Athena, Columbia, SC: Green Altar Books, 2025.

Synopsis

Josh Williams is a handsome, humble young man, an orphan, well-liked by everyone, and given to kindness and piety. He works for a local college and spends his free time helping orphan children. Athena Naonikis is an extraordinarily beautiful, accomplished, and polished young woman. She is the curator of an art museum and spends her free time trying to resolve her ancient past. Neither of the two have had much in the way of romance. Still, they meet one evening and are drawn toward each other in an unusually strong manner.

They admit theirs is a genuine case of love at first sight, a notion approved and celebrated by their close friends. They begin dating and their relationship moves forward rapidly and joyously. Despite its speed, the courtship is clean, honest, and wholesome. Theirs is a pure and innocent romance at odds with modernity. However, Josh does begin to notice unusual things about Athena and starts to suspect she is at least partly supernatural, perhaps even being the goddess of her namesake. One evening she reveals her secret to him.

As they love each other deeply, and they are devout Christians, Josh intends to marry Athena. Therefore, he and she must seek permission. So permitted by Divine grace, they are married. And they commence a dual quest. The first facet is to live out the ideals of Christian marriage: physical or carnal release, children, and joint salvation via the small church of their home. The second part, leading to the novel’s title, involves Josh’s attempts to help Athena. The tale is full of Christian examples of love and numerous applied instances of apologetics, metaphorical and direct.

In trying, and ultimately succeeding in their quests, the couple ever trusts in God and seeks that His will be done regardless of all else. The story is riddled with prayer, thanksgiving, and attempts to follow in the high ways of Christ and His Church. Neither spouse is certain how or when their greater search will be achieved or how it will impact them. Josh offers to take on Athena’s burden and even part with her if she is restored before they have fully lived their lives together. He ages towards natural death while she does not. By all outward appearances, as years pass, they are on the right track, receiving positive signs along the way. The devil also notices and attempts direct interference—and the couple takes his miserable failure as another positive sign albeit from a negative source.

Progressing onwards, they live a very happy life, adopting two children and giving birth to ten more. They truly live happily ever after. THERE is much more, this being an abbreviated summary designed to retain certain plot elements for reader enjoyment. If you are a member of the press or literary community, and desire a more complete accounting, please contact Team Athena as referenced above.

Review blurbs

“ATHENA is brilliant … a beautiful portrayal of the relation of man and woman at the highest level.” -Dr. Clyde Wilson, Dean of Southern history, author of Calhoun: A Statesman for the 21st Century and so many good books.
“The ending blew me away! I’ve never read a romance that was also religious and profound, sweet, and also promoting holiness. And the “secret” was very original – I have never seen or thought of a concept quite like that.” -Anne Wilson Smith, author of Charlottesville Untold.
“Fantastic … the best thing you’ve ever written.” -Paul C. Graham, author of Nonsense on Stilts.

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JUDGING ATHENA Press Release

JUDGING ATHENA
by Perrin Lovett

JUDGING ATHENA HAS BEEN CALLED “brilliant” and “a beautiful portrayal of the relation of man and woman at the highest level.”

Athena Naonikis is an amazingly accomplished and extraordinarily beautiful young woman.

Despite her successes, she has never found amour. Her lack of romance is shared by Josh Williams, a handsome, young sweetheart. They meet and bond over their mutual life circumstances, outlooks, and humble piety. And they fall in love. En route to marriage, Josh discovers Athena has a secret identity, one that is perhaps unique in all of history and which will determine the outcome of their love and matrimony.

Judging Athena is an exciting foray into innocent, pure, and productive love. It is also a clarion call to return to the traditions of marriage, large families, and genteel society.

Perrin Lovett, a Christian traditionalist, novelist, and internationally syndicated columnist and essayist, does two unique and critical things with Judging Athena. Using a novel series of metaphors, he forges an exemplary story of genuine Christian romance, with love, children, and joint salvation. The circumstances of the distinctive plot and plot devices also expound several related areas of apologetics all aimed at glorifying God’s Creation and propelling men and women towards general salvation through Christ.

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We could not have been more surprised when Mr. Lovett, the author of the The Subsitute, a novel with a very tough protagonist, Tom Ironsides (described as one of the “most dangerous paramilitary officers in modern clandestine history” and “a deadly warrior, possessed of keen intelligence, determined to defend civilization” ), told us of this romance novel he had written.

Lovett related that as he took one of his nightly walks, the idea came to him all at once. The book was finished in just over three weeks! If you are a writer, you know this is a rare occurance.

We love it. I know it is not our standard fare, but it might be a nice gift for a young man or lady. Of course, a book of this calibre would be suited for any age, but 13 to 113 is seems to be just about right. We believe readers of all ages would find the book equally intriguing and equally moving…

We are in uncharted territory with this kind of fiction, but we believe it is worthy of your attention. It has an incredible story line and the “twist” (which separates this book from other books of this genre) blew us away! We think it will blow you away too!

Like the previous title, Judging Athena is available in hardback, paperback, and digital editions. You can buy the paperback and digital edition from Shotwell Direct. You can get all three formats at AMAZON.

A preview of this most unique book can be found HERE.