Marienna's Fantasy

Marienna Cronson The Daughter Of Cretan Immigrants Lives In Argos County Texas. It Is A Male-Dominated Society Headed By Her Half-Brother Zachary. Forty Years Earlier Marienna Wrote Four Plays About The Greek Gods In Which The Families Have Established Roles. Marienna--Athena--Believes Their Roles May Be Real. She Plays Out This Fantasy Through Her Godson Henry Everett Festus The God Of Technology--Hephaestus. Henry Is Miserable And Bored Working For Zachary. Marienna Persuades Him To Repeat The So-Called Labors Of Heracles. The First Of These Is To Find The Loch Ness Monster. Other Labors Follow Seemingly By Chance. Finally His Translation Of The Phaestos Disk Leads To A Treasure Hunt On Crete. Henry'S Selfish Focus On Work And A Cruel Trick He Plays On His Wife Dawn Drive Her And Their Daughter Away. While Completing The Labors Henry Strives To Recover His Family And Be Free From Zachary.