The legend of the haunted old olive tree in Sfentylis, a quiet village in central Crete, has once again spread fear among its inhabitants who have witnessed a series of inexplicable events.

Only twenty-year-old Lampros Alifierakis had the courage to sit in the afternoons at the root of the ancient tree to study his Cretan lyre, disregarding the rumors about the girl with horns.

Until the great earthquake at dawn on August 28, 1962. For thirty seconds, the stubborn land of Crete shook to bring a deeply buried truth to light. A thread that was destined to remain tied for centuries began to unravel in the dark corridors of history, with rumors becoming reality.

How did an ancient statuette end up in the hands of a mute and mentally disabled man? What is archaeologist and director of the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Giannis Galanis, hiding? What causes the inexplicable phenomena that disturb the villagers' lives? What could connect Eroktitos with the Drosoulites? Vincenzo Cornaro with a sonata by Beethoven and a ruthless antiquities dealer with the Minotaur?

Who sets the line that separates myth from reality?

Amalthea. A novel full of Crete.