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Athena's Child

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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller

The trend of flipping traditional Greek myths on their head is much loved, and here we have another, this time flipping the script on Medusa. Always the villain, Hannah Lynn dares to ask the question of just why that is.

For readers of Madeleine Miller and Claire Heywood comes the story of the most infamous monster of Greek mythology: Medusa.

First, they loved her. Then, they abused her. Finally, they made her a villain.

Gifted and burdened with stunning beauty, young Medusa seeks sanctuary with the Goddess Athena. But when she catches the eye of the lecherous but mighty Poseidon, she is beyond protection. Powerful men rarely answer for their actions, after all.

Meanwhile, Perseus embarks on a seemingly impos...