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"Welcome to the Pelaran Alliance...." With those simple words, the Guardian spacecraft openly revealed itself to humanity, heralding a new chapter in its 500-year-long mission to cultivate our world. Earth's population must now make its first planet-wide decision - join the most powerful alliance in our galaxy or chart our own course, deciding for ourselves which civilizations are worthy of our trust. Will we be the first world to decline the Pelarans' invitation, or does their offer come with an implied threat?

Theseus ist einer der berühmtesten Helden der griechischen Mythologie. Seine Nachkommen werden als Thesiden bezeichnet. Theseus Geburt: Als der athenische König Aigeus kinderlos blieb, ging er nach Delphi, um das Orakel zu befragen. Er erhielt als Orakelspruch, dass er „das vorstehende Ende eines Weinschlauchs nicht lösen“, d. h. sich nicht betrinken solle, bevor er nicht nach Athen zurückgekehrt sei. Da er die Weissagung nicht verstand, begab er sich nach Troizen zu dem weisen König Pittheus. Dieser verstand den Orakelspruch und brachte Aigeus dazu, mit einem Mädchen zu schlafen – vermutlich, indem er ihn betrunken machte.

Slaying the minotaur was only the beginning. Theseus's legendary exploits continue in this magnificent tale of mythological adventure in classical Greece. Picking up where The King Must Die left off, this stirring sequel recounts Theseus's triumphant return from Crete to become King of Athens.

When Ariadne helped Theseus escape the Minotaur’s labyrinth with the aid of a ball of thread, she led the way for the bewildered victims of a twenty-first century Minotaur. Trapped in an endless maze of Internet chat rooms, a group of mystified strangers find themselves assigned obscure aliases and commanded by the Helmet of Horror, the Minotaur himself.

Regina, trained to find the dregs of humanity, trained to kill, is forced into vacation because her peers are getting murdered. At first, the massive cruise vessel she chooses as her resort destination seems...tolerable, and then, in the span of a few hours, everyone disappears, thousands of passengers vanish. As Regina explores the ship, not only does she discover pile after pile of clothing and no bodies, she finds a fear not felt for years.

Greek mythology's famed musician and poet Orpheus journeyed to the underworld in order to find his wife. Greek mythology describes Theseus as a hero who entered the underworld in order to save his comrade Pirithous.