I, Medusa

From New York Times bestselling author Ayana Gray comes a new kind of villain origin story,reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine. The first edition hardcover will feature stunning sprayed edgesa premium dust jacket with foiland a gorgeous custom-stamped caseΓÇöwhile supplies last! Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone elseΓÇÖs story. Out of place next to her beautifulimmortal sisters and her parentsΓÇöboth godsalbeit minor onesΓÇöshe dreams of leaving her familyΓÇÖs island for a life of adventure. So when she catches the eye of the goddess Athenawho invites her to train as an esteemed priestess in her templeMeddy leaps at the chance to see the world beyond her home. In the colorful market streets of Athens and the clandestine chambers of the templeMeddy flourishes in her role as AthenaΓÇÖs favored acolytegetting her first tastes of purpose and power. But when she is noticed by another OlympianPoseidonthe course of MeddyΓÇÖs promising future is suddenly and irrevocably altered. When her locs are transformed into snakes as punishment for a crime she did not commitMedusa must embrace a new identityΓÇönot as a victimbut as a vigilanteΓÇöand with itthe chance to write her own story as mortalmartyrand myth. Exploding with rageheartbreakand loveIMedusa portrays a young woman caught in the crosscurrents between her heartΓÇÖs deepest desires and the cruelcareless games the Olympian gods play.