American Hercules - Mark Bousquet - Bog

In the tradition of NBC's THE BLACKLIST, Space Buggy Press welcomes you to a contemporary reimagining of the legendary Labors of Hercules! Nathan Hercules served his country with honor and distinction in the Middle East theater ... and then he came home to murder his wife and children. Remembering nothing about his crime, Nathan nonetheless agreed to live out his life in prison to ensure no one else died at his hands. Six years later, he's out. Released into the custody of CIA Special Divisions Director Landon Eurystheus, Hercules is put to work in the newly formed Labor Division. They have one mission: find the world's richest missing person, Washington Zeus. Joined by FBI agents Catherine Meda, Ernest Echion, Phocus Reilly, and CIA special operative, Persephone, Labor Division battles a wide range of monsters across the United States: the Lion of Nemea, the Hydra of Lerna, the Hind of Keryn, the Boar of Acadia, the Stables of Augea, and the Birds of Stymph. As they hunt, the layers of Labor Division's past are slowly peeled away, revealing an intricate and connected web that threaten everything Nathan believes about his life and himself. Is anyone who they claim to be? Who is the Phorcydes Collective? And finally, just how much of Hercules' life has been an orchestrated lie?