In this novel, the Labors of Hercules have not been completed yet. He has only been born in this century. In this modern telling of the suave 21st century Hercules, he is aided by Levina, who is endowed with the ever-popular power of telepathy. In order for Hercules to protect Levina from the rules that ban mortals from Olympus, he must complete the 12 labors in order to ask of her protection from his father. Upon Hercules birth, The Fates have already decided his fate, they only leave the infant with a strange prophecy “Twelve Labors the child must complete Or else die by the golden creek. Aided by the girl of mind Or thus he will have no more time. Complete the tasks by his eighteenth year Or by our hand, we will always sear,” Hercules, and his love Levina, must complete these twelve tasks before the prophecy comes true.