"...in fields and by the roads, I saw on all sides men and animals--like statues--turned to flinty stone at sight of dread Medusa's visage..."

Medusa has been vilified in myth and legend throughout history. A monster justly slain by the heroic Perseus. But there is more to her story than what the myths said.

Medusa joined the temple of Athena, eager to serve, only to be turned out when she was most in need of help. Cursed and hunted, she fled Athens and everything she had ever known. This is her full story.

Trigger Warning: rape

"...valiant Perseus, pray tell the story of the deed, that all may know, and what the arts and power prevailed, when you struck off the serpent-covered head..."

Years after Perseus slayed the monstrous Medusa, he calls his family together and reveals the shame he has carried ever since that fateful quest--he slew Medusa, but not her daughter. Now the task must pass to some of his youngest descendants, but it is a decision that will have consequences Perseus could never have foreseen.

Atalanta and Damien are the last descendants of the mythic figures of Medusa and Perseus. Their divine blood is not the only thing they have in common--they are mortal enemies locked in a centuries long feud. One that would have ended if not for the interference of a priestess with a vague prophecy of world-destroying events that only they can prevent.

They must set aside their hatred long enough to travel from the shores of Sicily to the island of Crete to find answers.

The tumultuous changes of the end of the 15th century darken the edges of their journey as they learn to navigate the strange juxtaposition between old oaths and new.

A year after Atalanta and Damien were brought together by the Pythia, they are once more called together. All around the Mediterranean there are strange storms, mysterious disappearances, and gruesome murders. Though the events are seemingly unrelated, Calista is convinced they are the work of Poseidon. She tasks Atalanta and Damien to put an end to the destruction. With old allies and new, they must face sea monsters, pirates, fearful mortals, and sirens on their way to finding, and stopping, Poseidon.