"...valiant Perseus, pray tell the story of the deed, that all may know, and what the arts and power prevailed, when you struck off the serpent-covered head..."
Years after Perseus slayed the monstrous Medusa, he calls his family together and reveals the shame he has carried ever since that fateful quest--he slew Medusa, but not her daughter. Now the task must pass to some of his youngest descendants, but it is a decision that will have consequences Perseus could never have foreseen.