The Athenian Murders

The Athenian Murders is a brilliant, very entertaining, and absolutely original literary mystery revolving around two intertwined riddles. In classical Athens, one of the pupils of Plato's Academy is found dead. His idealistic teacher suspects that this was not an accident and asks Herakles, known as the 'Decipherer of Enigmas', to investigate the death and, ultimately, the involvement of a dark, irrational, and subversive cult. A second plot unfolds in parallel through the footnotes of the manuscript's translator. As he proceeds with his work, he becomes increasingly convinced that the original author has hidden a second meaning that can be brought to light by interpreting certain repeated words and images. As the main plot and the translation advance, sinister coincidences multiply, and the translator becomes convinced the text is addressing him personally in an increasingly menacing way.

The Athenian Murders is a highly compelling, entertaining, and intelligent game about the different ways we read reality, our refusal to accept things 'as they are,' and our tendency to find hidden meanings in everyday life.