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Exiled to a far-flung island by the whims of the gods, Medusa has little company except the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair. But when a charmed, beautiful boy called Perseus arrives on the island, her lonely existence is disrupted with the force of a supernova, unleashing desire, love and betrayal....

In this "imaginative and thought-provoking" retelling of the Medusa myth, readers get an intimate look into the life of a legendary mythical villain who has so often been stripped of her voice and humanity—perfect for fans of Madeline Miller and Jennifer Saint (Laura Shepperson, author of...

Medusa rules her media empire from behind the safety of a thousand screens, and she has her own private sculpture garden of dumb a-s humans that have tried to cross her. Perseus's lousy day has gone from bad to worse. Trying to go legit after a career of thieving is hard in a city like Styx, but when his baby sister Dany is kidnapped by a gang demanding he does one last job for them, he's got no choice but to get back in the game.

In the Micronesian Islands, a top-secret US undersea lab vanishes . . .At the same time, off Bermuda, a bathysphere operated by NUMA and overseen by Kurt Austin is attacked and becomes stranded half a mile below the surface. Only quick thinking and bold action will save the crew - which includes the head of a certain, now-missing undersea lab - from a watery grave.

La mitologia greca ci ha lasciato un'eredità infinita di storie, un enorme immaginario collettivo che ha letteralmente plasmato la cultura occidentale. Storie da riscoprire e che a distanza di millenni sono ancora attualissime. In questo audiolibro Gaetano Marino ci racconta la storia di Medusa, la gorgone mortale, e del suo disperato sogno d'amore.

Ich, die Gorgone Medusa, erzähle meine Geschichte. Götterfantasy aus der griechischen Sagenwelt. SERAPH 2023 in der Kategorie "Bestes Debüt"! "Ich bin ich selbst, und ich habe Macht. Die einzige, die ich mir jemals gewünscht habe. Die über meinen Körper." Köln, in der Gegenwart. Medusa lebt. Jahrtausendelang musste sie sich vor den Göttern und Menschen verstecken. Sie hat es satt, das Monster ihrer eigenen tragischen Geschichte zu sein, und wagt das Undenkbare.

Radiosa, innocente, la più pura tra le sacerdotesse di Atena. La bellezza di Medusa va ben oltre quella dei semplici mortali. Per questo, quando lo sguardo colmo di lussuria del dio Poseidone cade su di lei, l’unico luogo in cui spera di trovare rifugio è il sacro tempio della protettrice dei greci. Ma nessuno può sfuggire a un dio. E la divina Atena, signora delle arti e della guerra, non avrà pietà per colei che ha profanato la sua casa. Poco importa che Medusa, violata nel corpo e nello spirito contro la propria volontà, implori il suo perdono.

The Great Crusade has swept across half the galaxy, a million human worlds now embracing the truth and reason that comes with allegiance to the rule of Terra. But even such unparalleled success comes at a cost. Rumours abound that the Emperor plans to step back from the Crusade and raise one of his primarch sons to lead in his stead. Faced with the bitterly noncompliant human empire of Gardinaal and a leaderless host of Ultramarines, Thousand Sons and Emperor’s Children at his Legion’s command, the Iron Hands primarch Ferrus Manus decides to make an example that even the Emperor cannot ignore.

The name Guerrand DiThon has been cursed by his family since the day he disappeaered. When a mysterious plague strikes their beleaguered village, Guerrand's name is invoked again -- as the cause of the disaster.

No rest for the weary, right? Alex has barely strapped on her magical training wheels when a gorgon slithers into town! Medusa isn’t just seeking asylum, either. She expects Alex’s help in breaking her own family’s infamous curse. Old hatred runs deep in creatures with such long memories, and keeping the entire town from going after Medusa with their own torches and pitchforks may prove impossible.

Auf einer Insel am Ende der Welt lauern die schlangenhaarigen Gorgonen. Die schlimmste der dämonischen Schwestern ist Medusa, deren Antlitz so schrecklich ist, dass sein Anblick jeden Sterblichen sofort zu Stein verwandelt. Und genau dieses Ungeheuer zu erschlagen ist die Aufgabe des jungen Zeussohnes Perseus, der sich dazu auf eine gefahrvolle Reise begibt. Nach den Sagen der griechischen Antike.

Er hielt den Atem an, als er die dunkle Tür erreichte. Gunnar Mjörk blieb lauschend stehen und sah sich noch einmal um. Am bewölkten Himmel stand kein Mond und kein Stern. Der kühle Wind vom See her heulte leise in dem vom Herbst gefärbten Laub. Es war finstere Nacht. Die Umgebung passte zu den Gedanken des jungen Norwegers und zu seinem Vorhaben. Er glaubte das Geheimnis zu kennen.

Medusa – ist wieder zurück! Und sie hat Larry Brent blutige Rache geschworen! Auf ihren Rachefeldzug versteinert sie unschuldige Menschen dir ihr fortan als steinerne Diener helfen… Die PSA ist im Alarmzustand und X – RAY 3 alias Larry Brent nimmt an einer spiritistischen Sitzung teil, und kommt Medusa auf die Spur.

Todo el mundo cree que Medusa siempre fue mala y en este cuento os vamos a decir la verdad. Nunca fue mala. Fue Atenea la diosa, a la que Medusa servía, celosa de su belleza, y de su éxito con los hombres jóvenes, la que la castigó injustamente convirtiéndola en una gorgona. El que escuche este cuento sabrá que la pobre Medusa el único pecado que cometió fue el de ser buena y fiel a Atenea.

Biddlecombe is a perfectly ordinary English seaside town - except everyone there has been turned to stone. Two seriously out-of-their-depth police officers uncover the strange truth of what happened when middle-aged and romantically disappointed hairdresser Marjorie Briggs finds something in a polythene bag on the beach that didn't belong there - something ancient and terrible with the power to seriously muck up the lives of Marjorie and all those she loves and hates.

Alexander Weiss inadvertently insults Athena, goddess of wisdom, and she casts him away on a forgotten isle filled with statues. Being marooned is bad enough, but the fact that the island is also the home of Euryale, elder sister to Medusa, makes the situation a touch worse. The only thing keeping Alex from being petrified is the fact that Euryale has taken a liking to the blundering mortal. For now.