By the will of the cruel colonel, Xerxes assembled a huge army and invaded Greece to crush Athens. And now he stands amid the smoking ruins of this symbol of the ancient world’s freedom. The Athenians took shelter on the island of Salamis, and all their hopes are tied to the Greek fleet, created by Themistocles. The forces are unequal; victory on land is impossible, and the fleet is trapped in a narrow strait. So Themistocles turns to deception—betting everything: his life and his glorious name.
First time in Russian!