Medusa's Wish

In the time of gods and goddesses, mighty heroes and hellish beasts, the house of Phorcys is notorious for its fearsome monsters, from Ladon the hundred-headed serpent, to the withered crones known as the Gray Ones.

Of all their siblings, Medusa and her two sisters are, from all appearances, much like the fair and noble princesses produced by revered mortals and Olympian gods. To the suitors coming to win Medusa’s hand in marriage, there is nothing monstrous about her. And in Medusa’s mind, she and her sisters will never enter into legend as the cruel and grotesque villains her siblings have proven to be.

But as legend attests, Medusa’s name becomes synonymous with words like “witch,” “monster,” and “murderer.” What the stories don’t say is how, and why, she transformed into the snake-haired Gorgon who could turn a person to stone with a single look into their eyes.

Medusa’s Wish tells the whole tale. Well, the beginning of it, anyway…the part that was long ago lost to the swift-changing tides of myth and the soon-forgetting hearts of men. The end of it, the part you know well, may strike your heart differently after you read these pages and discover that all Medusa wanted was to be loved by the very ones who would betray her.

With vivid, passionate characters, rich language, and page-turning suspense, Medusa’s Wish is a gripping tale of sibling rivalry and devotion, love and loss, as well as a poignant glimpse into humanity’s universal desires for purpose, truth, and belonging.