Circe goes YA in this unapologetically feminist retelling of the Medusa myth steeped in Indian mythology, a YA epic fantasy addition to the Rick Riordan Presents imprint.
Alternating between Manisha\'s and Pratyush\'s perspectives, Sajni Patel weaves together lush language, high stakes, and page-turning suspense, demanding an answer to the question What does it truly mean to be a monster?.
And Pratyush doesn\'t know it, but the monster he\'s been sent to kill is none other than the girl he wants to marry.
She rises from the pit more powerful than ever before, with heightened senses, armor-like skin, and blood that can turn people to stone.
Except Manisha doesn\'t die, despite the hundreds of snake bites covering her body and the Venom running through her veins.
A month later, the King sends Pratyush off to kill one last monster (a powerful nagin who has been turning men to stone) before he\'ll consider granting his freedom.
A temple visitor sexually assaults Manisha and pushes her off the mountain into a pit of vipers.
Unfortunately, the kingdom\'s powerful have other plans.
When Pratyush and Manisha meet, each sees in the other the possibility to chart a new path.
Tired after years of fighting, Pratyush wants nothing more than a peaceful, respectable life.
You might think such a powerful warrior could do whatever he wants, but true power lies with the King.
For every monster the slayer kills, years are added to his life.
Seventeen-year-old Pratyush is a famed slayer of monsters, one of the King\'s most prized warriors and a frequent visitor to the floating temples.
You might think that the kingdom\'s famed holy temples atop the floating mountains, where Manisha is now a priestess, would be safe--but you would be wrong.
Sixteen-year-old Manisha is no stranger to monsters--she\'s been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the King\'s army, who forced her people, the naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth.
This is mine.
All monsters and heroes have beginnings.
Circe goes YA in this unapologetically feminist retelling of the Medusa myth steeped in Indian mythology, a YA epic fantasy addition to the Rick Riordan Presents imprint
