Stone blind / Natalie Haynes.
By: Haynes, Natalie.
Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Isis, 2023Description: 372 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781399125581.Subject(s): Medusa (Gorgon) -- Fiction | Fate and fatalism -- Fiction | Goddesses, Greek -- Fiction | Gorgons (Greek mythology) -- FictionGenre/Form: Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Medusa is the only mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her sisters, she quickly realizes that she is the only one who gets older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When the sea god Poseidon commits an unforgivable act in her sacred temple, the goddess Athene takes her revenge on an innocent - and Medusa's life is changed forever. Snakes have replaced her hair, and her gaze can now turn any living creature to stone. Medusa can no longer look upon anyone she loves without destroying them, and so condemns herself to a life lived in shadow and solitude to limit her murderous rage. That is, until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon...| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Medusa is the only mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her sisters, she quickly realizes that she is the only one who gets older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When the sea god Poseidon commits an unforgivable act in her sacred temple, the goddess Athene takes her revenge on an innocent - and Medusa's life is changed forever. Snakes have replaced her hair, and her gaze can now turn any living creature to stone. Medusa can no longer look upon anyone she loves without destroying them, and so condemns herself to a life lived in shadow and solitude to limit her murderous rage. That is, until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon...
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