The once powerful Roman Empire is divided into Western and Eastern and is going through hard times: Christian dioceses compete with each other, heretical sects and pagan cults fight for the souls of people, and chaos reigns in the vastness of the collapsing empire. Thorne, a student of a monastery on the western outskirts of the empire , sets off through the devastated lands and inaccessible Alps to the east in search of his fellow Goths. On the way to his goal, bloody skirmishes and ferocious wild animals await him. But he will overcome everything and make a dizzying career at the court of the leader of the Goths, Theodoric. After all, Thorne is a ruthless creature without morality. A creature of dual nature: at the same time a brave warrior, a man, and a beautiful, desirable woman. But most importantly (and this is what will help the hero survive in a ruthless world), Thorne is a predator.