The army of the divine Alexander knows no defeats. It seems that even Zeus the Thunderer, whom rumor calls the true father of the young commander, protects his son. As for the states of Asia, they have only two options: fight and suffer a bloody defeat like Persia, or submit to the Greeks voluntarily, as Sogdiana did—making an alliance with Alexander and sealing it with a political marriage.
But even the luck of the greatest commander does not last forever. Behind the army of conquerors there are relentlessly watching, desperate and cruel nomads—the Scythians. And in the conquered lands, seeds of discontent are ripening, which soon will sprout into a harvest of open fighting…