If you are ordering additonal books alongside this title, the entire order will be shipped at the same time. Until Perseus embarks upon a quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon… Please note: This pre-order title is published on 8th June 2023. She is condemned to a life of shadows and darkness.

The power cannot be controlled: Medusa can look at nothing without destroying it. Writhing snakes replace her hair, and her gaze now turns any living creature to stone.

When the sea god Poseidon commits an unforgivable act in the temple of Athene, the goddess takes her revenge where she can – and Medusa is changed forever. And her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. Growing up with her Gorgon sisters, she begins to realize that she is the only one who experiences change, the only one who can be hurt. Medusa is the sole mortal in a family of gods.

The book features a bookplate to the title page signed by Natalie Haynes Delving into the origins of this mythic tale, Haynes revitalizes and reconstructs Medusa's story with her passion and fierce wit, offering a timely retelling of this classic myth that speaks to us today.**Exclusive signed edition with sprayed edge papers** Limited number of signed copies available while stocks last In Stone Blind, classicist and comedian Natalie Haynes turns our understanding of this legendary myth on its head, bringing empathy and nuance to one of the earliest stories in which a woman-injured by a powerful man-is blamed, punished, and monstered for the assault. Until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon. Cursed with the power to destroy all she loves with one look, Medusa condemns herself to a life of solitude. Writhing snakes replace her hair and her gaze will turn any living creature to stone. Punished for Poseidon's actions, Medusa is forever transformed. Furious by the violation of her sacred space, Athene takes revenge-on the young woman. When the sea god Poseidon assaults Medusa in Athene's temple, the goddess is enraged. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know.

Unlike her siblings, Medusa grows older, experiences change, feels weakness. The only mortal in a family of gods, Medusa is the youngest of the Gorgon sisters. They will fear you and flee you and call you a monster.

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