Books with title The Head of Medusa

The epic story of witches, gods, and monsters that USA Today called a "must read" continues in the third book of the Elementals series!When Nicole Cassidy moved to a new town, she discovered that she was a witch descended from gods. But that was nothing compared to learning that it was up to her and four others with mysterious elemental powers to help save the world from the Titans, who would soon return to Earth.Now her relationship with Blake -- the fire Elemental -- is finally heating up. But she must remain focused, because Typhon, one of the deadliest creatures in history, has escaped from the weakening prison world. Only one object can destroy him -- the head of Medusa herself.Follow the Elementals as they journey to the end of the Earth, facing choices that will put their lives and the entire world at risk. Will they all survive the mission? Find out in the riveting third book in the Elementals series, The Head of Medusa."There's action, adventure, mythology, and a backstabbing twist that will leave you begging for more! Every YA lover should pick up this series."-Rachel, Goodreads Reviewer, ★★★★★"Full of action, adventures, magic, Greek Gods, demigods, witches and monsters - you don't want to miss out in this wonderful world!"-Sairaika Naidoo, Goodreads Reviewer, ★★★★★A thrilling fantasy adventure in a contemporary setting with Greek mythology and sweet romance, Elementals will keep you on the edge of your seat wanting more!

Praise for Book 1 of the Joe Hawke series, Amazon UK #1 Men’s Adventure, Amazon UK #1 Military Thriller - “Great read. I really enjoyed this book, a great start to a new series.”“Top notch action-adventure book. Excellent adventure book with plenty of action and suspense - the story idea is great too. It’s well edited - Rob Jones is a name to remember.”“Similar type of adventures to Andy McDermott and Scott Mariani.”After walking away from the ECHO team, THE CURSE OF MEDUSA finds Joe Hawke in America when the President of the United States is kidnapped and Washington DC comes under the worst attack in American history.Meanwhile, Lea Donovan receives terrible information about her father’s death and must travel alone from Elysium to Ireland to find the truth about what happened on that darkest day of her childhood when he was brutally killed.From the Idaho mountains to Washington DC to New York City, Joe Hawke must fight against the forces of darkness to rescue the President from a truly terrible fate and stop a man who will do anything to take his revenge and destroy America in the most horrifying way imaginable. In Hawke’s darkest, fastest challenge yet he struggles through the night to restore peace to America and bring the President safely back to the White House, and along the way he realizes what’s truly important to him. Joe Hawke and the ECHO team will return in VALHALLA GOLD (Joe Hawke #5) in the Spring of 2016 when they travel to the ends of the earth to find the greatest treasure of all and make a massive discovery that shocks them to their core.

The epic story of witches, gods, and monsters that USA Today called a "must listen," continues in the third book of the Elementals series! When Nicole Cassidy moved to a new town, she discovered that she was a witch descended from gods. But that was nothing compared to learning that it was up to her and four others with mysterious elemental powers to help save the world from the Titans, who would soon return to Earth. Her relationship with Blake - the fire Elemental - is finally heating up. But she must remain focused, because Typhon, one of the deadliest creatures in history, has escaped from the weakening prison world. Only one object can destroy him - the head of Medusa herself. Follow the Elementals as they journey to the end of the Earth, facing choices that will put their lives and the entire world at risk. Will they all survive the mission? Find out in the riveting third book in the Elementals series, The Head of Medusa. A thrilling fantasy adventure in a contemporary setting with Greek mythology and sweet romance, Elementals will keep you on the edge of your seat wanting more!

The epic story of witches, gods, and monsters that USA Today called a "must read" continues in the third book of the Elementals series! When Nicole Cassidy moved to a new town, she discovered that she was a witch descended from gods. But that was nothing compared to learning that it was up to her and four others with mysterious elemental powers to help save the world from the Titans, who would soon return to Earth. Now her relationship with Blake -- the fire Elemental -- is finally heating up. But she must remain focused, because Typhon, one of the deadliest creatures in history, has escaped from the weakening prison world. Only one object can destroy him -- the head of Medusa herself. Follow the Elementals as they journey to the end of the Earth, facing choices that will put their lives and the entire world at risk. Will they all survive the mission? Find out in the riveting third book in the Elementals series, The Head of Medusa.

The Roman poet Ovid’s famous book of poetry Metamorphoses contains a succession of women who are changed into something else after they have been raped. One of these is Medusa, the Gorgon, daughter of the sea deities (and also siblings) Phorcys and Ceto. She is reputed to have been a ravishingly beautiful maiden, with striking hair, who received the attention of many suitors. She was raped by the god of the sea, Neptune, in Minerva’s temple. In anger at this desecration of her temple, Minerva turned Medusa’s hair into serpents and made her face so terrible to behold that it would turn any who looked at it into stone. The Greek hero Perseus, son of Jupiter and the mortal Danaë, was sent by the king of Seriphos, Polydectes, who desired Perseus’ mother and wished to get Perseus out of the way, to behead the Gorgon. For this purpose, he received help from the gods: a shield of polished bronze, winged sandals, an adamantine sword and Hades’ helm of darkness (or invisibility cloak). According to the myth, he beheaded her in her sleep and used her head as a weapon before giving it to Minerva. But who is the real victim here? Medusa suffers for her beauty. She is raped by a god and punished by another. People then avoid looking her in the eye in case they are turned to stone. And how does the myth of Medusa relate to two students in Galicia in their final year at school, Sofía and Lupe, who after a fancy-dress dinner, in the early hours of the morning, are picked up by two men and sexually assaulted? What will the reaction of their classmates be? Will they be prepared to look them in the eye? And how will the girls themselves respond to this assault in a society that may prefer to sweep its acts of indecency under the carpet and turn a blind eye? Head of Medusa is a story of wrongdoing, friendship, renewal and moral courage.

After walking away from the ECHO team, THE CURSE OF MEDUSA finds Joe Hawke in America when the President of the United States is kidnapped and Washington DC comes under the worst attack in American history. Meanwhile, Lea Donovan receives terrible information about her father’s death and must travel alone from Elysium to Ireland to find the truth about what happened on that darkest day of her childhood when he was brutally killed. From the Idaho mountains to Washington DC to New York City, Hawke must fight against the forces of darkness to rescue the President from a truly terrible fate and stop a man who will do anything to take his revenge and destroy America in the most horrifying way imaginable. In Hawke’s darkest, fastest challenge yet he struggles through the night to restore peace to America and bring the President safely back to the White House, and along the way he realizes what’s truly important to him.

Excerpt from The Head of Medusa, Vol. 3 of 3He threw away the end of his cigar, and sat down on the grass beside her. She was working. You are always doing some thing, he said, bending his head to look at the embroidery.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Head of Medusa, Vol. 3 of 3He threw away the end of his cigar, and sat down on the grass beside her. She was working. You are always doing some thing, he said, bending his head to look at the embroidery.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Head of Medusa, Vol. 1 of 3As his mind went confusedly back, seeking to classify this face among old memories, the gentleman smiled again.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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