Perseus returns to Seriphos to find his mother Dana has fled to a temple, hiding from King Polydectes who has spent months trying to force her into marriage. The king never expected the boy he sent on an impossible quest to survive---but Perseus carries Medusa's head in a leather bag, and he's come home to settle old scores. At Polydectes' celebratory banquet, surrounded by allies who enabled the king's cruelty, Perseus unveils his gift. In moments, the great hall becomes a garden of statues---tyrants frozen forever in stone. Good king Dictys takes the throne, Dana is finally safe, and Perseus must reckon with the weight of wielding terrible power for a just cause.

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