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.
Long ago behind him is mourning Babylon, youth in Pergamon, and the first battle in the valley of Gabienus—only hopes and a foggy uncertainty lie ahead. The time for preparation has run out, and the young Heracles must now openly step into the fight for the throne. He has a great goal, the will, and the means to achieve it—yet will it work out the way he planned…?