When young medusa Ria inadvertently turns an entire village to stone, she and her older sister flee to Nelroote, an underground settlement populated by other non-humans also marginalised by society. There she becomes their gatekeeper, hoping to seek redemption and love...until her friendship with a man from above threatens to dismantle the city she swore to protect. © 2017 by Nuraliah Norasid. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2020.