The historical novel “Spitamen” by the prominent Uzbek writer Maksud Kariev tells the story of centuries-old events that took place on the land of Sogdiana (the territory located between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers) in the 4th–3rd centuries. BC e. From the first day of the invasion of Alexander the Great's troops into Central Asia, a wide wave of popular resistance to the invaders arose. The reader will become an accomplice to long-standing events and learn about the complex and dramatic fate of the talented commander Spitamen, who led the popular uprising and, in the battle of the Politemet (Zerafshan) River, managed to inflict the first serious defeat on Alexander the Great, who was previously considered invincible.