The basis of the plot of the novel “Destiny” by American writer Barbara Benedict offered to the reader was the famous ancient Greek legend about the Minotaur - a monster that lives in a labyrinth and devours seven young men and women every year. However, the author offers his own, original version of this legend, forcing us to look at it in a new way look at such famous heroes of antiquity as Theseus, Ariadne, Jason, Minos and the Minotaur himself. Love and hatred, devotion and betrayal, palace intrigue, pagan and Olympian gods taking part in the plot - all this makes the novel fascinating, immersing the reader in a magical and the wonderful world of antiquity.