Medusa

Or, Men Entombed in Winter

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Genres

Literary Thriller, Cults, Novels, and Contemporary

Trigger Warnings

Violence

Type of Ending

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Number of days to read

140

Publication Date

Feb 24, 2026

Page Length

388 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Medusa

Or, Men Entombed in Winter

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Blurb

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Medusa (Or, Men Entombed in Winter) is a literary thriller about the rise and fall of a utopian student movement that mutates into a full-blown cult in the frozen woods of northern Maine. Spanning more than a decade, the novel follows Peter Holloway, a Dartmouth philosophy student drawn into the orbit of the brilliant and dangerous Meddy—later “Medusa”—whose charisma inspires an exodus of disillusioned academics and dreamers into the wilderness.

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Genres

Literary Thriller, Cults, Novels, and Contemporary

Trigger Warnings

Violence

Type of Ending

Series

Not part of a series

Author Prefers A Review On

Goodreads or Amazon

Reader Spots Remaining

Number of days to read

140

Publication Date

Feb 24, 2026

Page Length

388 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

Kyle Farnworth is an author and educator from New Bedford, Massachusetts. He grew up surrounded by the rich history and working-class resilience of his hometown, elements that deeply influence his writing.

He earned a B.A. in English (Writing Concentration) from Bridgewater State University, followed by a Master’s in Teaching (Secondary English) from Brandeis University. For the past decade, he has dedicated himself to teaching middle school English. He spent five years in Newton, MA, before returning to New Bedford to teach in the community that shaped him.