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【男人畏懼女人，於是將我們稱為怪物】
"女人擁有的戰力、力量，使男人將我們視為怪物。男人畏懼女人，所以男人將我們稱為怪物。"
梅杜莎生在眾神之家，從小與三個戈爾貢(女妖)姊姊一起長大，她逐漸認知到自己的與眾不同－她是凡人。是唯一將經歷生老病死、悲傷苦痛之軀，即便如此，梅杜莎依然對人類世界充滿好奇心，喜歡觀察人類的生活，成為她微小的快樂泉源。
當波賽頓因為貪婪梅杜莎美貌，在雅典娜神廟侵犯她。作為神廟主人的雅典娜並沒有因為身為女人，而同情梅杜莎的遭遇，反倒以褻瀆神明為由，懲罰梅杜莎。雅典娜奪走梅杜莎的美貌，將之變成蛇髮女妖，詛咒令她的雙眼視線觸及範圍內，都會化為石頭，一旦她張開眼睛，就會摧毀自己所愛。從此，她再也不能偷偷觀察人類，她忘記如何笑，只能一個人逃離她的家鄉，過著孤獨的日子。
然而這一切，在柏修斯踏上討伐戈爾貢女妖頭顱的征途後，開始有了變化…
In Stone Blind, the instant Sunday Times bestseller, Natalie Haynes brings the infamous Medusa to life as you have never seen her before.
'Witty, gripping, ruthless' – Margaret Atwood via X (Twitter)
‘So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, our strength. They fear us, so they call us monsters’
Medusa is the sole mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her Gorgon sisters, she begins to realize that she is the only one who experiences change, the only one who can be hurt.
When Poseidon commits an unforgiveable act against Medusa in the temple of Athene, the goddess takes her revenge where she can: on his victim. Medusa is changed forever – writhing snakes for hair and her gaze now turns any living creature to stone. She can look at nothing without destroying it.
Desperate to protect her beloved sisters, Medusa condemns herself to a life of shadows. Until Perseus embarks upon a quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon . . .
