The young Athenian Kineas is one of the comrades of Alexander the Great. But even experienced warriors sometimes want peace. However, in his native Athens, what awaits Kineas is not glory and honor, but shame and exile... From now on, he is a “soldier of fortune,” whose well-being and life itself depend on the power of his sword. Gold. Women. Power. A military leader serving the powerful tyrant of Olbia will be denied nothing. But everything changes when Olbia finds itself in the path of the troops of the invincible Alexander. Kineas faces a difficult choice: take up arms against the one he admires, or go against the one he once - then he served faithfully...