She is a proper, classic storyteller, whose linguistic skills and wit will have you hanging on every word * Radio Times * Stone Blind is inventive and playful. Haynes makes the classics brutally relevant, and we reckon this one is going to be huge * Glamour * It is no exaggeration to say that Haynes is the modern embodiment of the best of Homer. It is a dazzling achievement - Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den trilogy With this, her third novel based on ancient myth, has found a way of using all her classical erudition and her vivid sense of the ambiguous potency of the ancient stories, while being simultaneously very, very funny * Guardian * A fierce feminist exploration of female rage, written with wit and empathy. Haynes brilliantly pulls off the feat of seamlessly alternating humour and heartbreak, creating characters that stay with you long after the novel's end. * The Observer * Stone Blind is an exceptionally powerful retelling of Medusa's story, an emotional gut punch of a novel.

Stone Blind acts as a brilliant and compellingly readable corrective. The Gorgon's head will take on a new and powerful resonance as a symbol of the way stories can be warped by time. is a voice that feels at once bitingly (post)modern and filled with old wisdom. Witty, gripping, ruthless - Margaret Atwood via Twitter Beautiful and moving - Neil Gaiman via Twitter The rollicking narrative voice that energises Stone Blind.

Stone blind by natalie haynes