jessica steinbeisser

In the heart of New Orleans, a woman named Mattie Cutler finds herself bound by a curse. However, when the sun set, she became a creature of myth-a Gorgon. The curse compelled her to seek justice for women who had suffered.

Mattie is part of a rape survivors’ group, a sisterhood bound by shared pain and resilience. But a member of the group is brutally murdered by someone who seems to be hunting them all. Fueled by a desire for vengeance and driven by the insatiable need to protect, Mattie finds a reason to embrace her other half.

Our heroine draws the attention of FBI agent William Bennet. The case and the woman, whom he believes holds the answers, draw him in. More women from the survivors’ group are threatened, and a chilling message emerges. The murderer claimed that these women were being targeted for false accusations, a sinister twist to cast doubt on the credibility of the survivors.

William finds himself entangled in a web of secrets and half-truths as he collaborates with Mattie to hunt down the killer.

The streets of New Orleans became the stage for a deadly dance-a dance between justice and vengeance, truth and deception. In the city’s shadows, the line between myth and reality blurred, the Gorgon hunts, and the agent pursues, all converging on the revelation of a dark and twisted truth. Begging the question, who is the monster here?