In mythic Greece, gods and monsters mingle with mortal men and women. Nearing the end of his life, inventor and engineer Daedalus recounts the story of Theseus, hero prince of Athens. Their lives touched more than once, and they were friends. Both survived the horrors of Crete and its insane monarch, Minos. Both lost their families and are bowed by guilt. Both battled evils human and bestial: over-shadowed by the legacy of the minotaur.