Polydektos, former general and friend to Pericles is trying to live a quiet life outside of the walls of the great city-state Athens, after the tragic murder of his wife and daughter.

Yet when a Spartan ambassador and his family arrive in Athens for peace talks between the two great Greek states, murder and mystery ensue. Yet they are no ordinary murders, the most famous Gorgon sister has returned from the Ages of Heroes: Medousa. Polydektos is once more drawn back into the city and tasked by Pericles the leader of Athens himself to find and destroy the creature before it makes them look weak before the Spartan delegation.