A sea captain from our time dies in a fire aboard an old container ship—and… opens his eyes in the body of a boy, Alexander the Great’s illegitimate son.
Around him is mourning Babylon, ahead are the deadly games of the diadochi, who are already ready to tear the great empire into pieces. Now it depends not only on his own life, but also on the fate of the Great Kingdom!
Will he be able to do what Great Alexander only dreamed of but never managed to bring to life? Can he unite the East and West, create a new civilization across the lands from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean?
The first step has already been taken, and Heracles has entered the Great Game! Now time is working against him, or he will ascend the throne—or he will die!