Coils

Cressida enjoys Greek myths as stories, not as a guide to the world she actually inhabits. Her aunt June's disappearance unsettles that certainty. Notes pointing toward an entrance to the Underworld suggest a journey that should be impossible, but following them carries Cressida into a realm where gods and monsters are real and living visitors attract dangerous attention. Finding June means seeking help from Medusa, a figure whose reputation has shaped centuries of fearful tales. Medusa is willing to assist, though the price is not one Cressida can easily accept: a murder. The search for her aunt becomes entangled with a bargain that challenges her assumptions about the woman before her and the legends she thought she knew.