Kineas of Athens has travelled a hard & bloody road since his Greek cavalry fought the Persian hordes alongside Alexander the Great. Wracked with pain, his dreams full of dead comrades, he now has the chance to turn his back on war. Lady Srayanka
- a Scythian warrior princess
- is carrying his child, & a new life beckons. But to the east a storm is brewing: Alexander is preparing his army to crush the Scythian tribes once & for all. Lady Srayanka is honour-bound to fight against 'the monster'
- & Kineas must follow her. Now Kineas must challenge the man he once worshipped. The man who marched across the known world, grinding every opponent to dust. The man who believes himself to be a god...