Retells the Greek myth in which the hero Perseus beheads Medusa, the most horrible of the Gorgons.

With a modern spin on the Greek myths, Hades sets the record straight and reveals the true story behind the myth of Medusa and Perseus.

"Tanis Barlas is, in no particular order, a daughter of Lamia, a snake-woman, a killer and a hunter, collecting men to mate with her mother and continue the precious line. She hates it, like she hates her messed-up family and everything that goes with it. And now Lamia's favourite daughter has gone missing, and Tanis is sent into enemy territory - the snake-haired gorgons, whose turf starts at the edge of the swamp - to find her, starting a chain...