In a city where myths hide in data streams and relics hum with forgotten power, Harry Heraklion is a washed-up thief with a haunted past, until a mysterious client offers him a job: steal the unstealable. Vault Nemea holds an artifact known only as The Lion, a relic of impossible origin that may be tied to Harry’s vanished father. But breaking in means surviving a vault that learns, adapts, and protects like a living beast. The Nemean Heist is the first short story in The Heraklion Trials, a myth-infused sci-fi series where ancient legends return as high-tech challenges, and heroes are reborn.