Outside the golden city of Troy, Prince Hektor leads the Trojan cavalry
in daring raids against the forces led by his young rival, the peerless
warrior Achilles. Meanwhile, burning for vengeance after the brutal
murder of his wife, Helikaon commands the Trojan fleet, sowing misery
and death among the Mykene navy and supply ships. But even these mighty
efforts are of scant avail against the hordes of battle-hardened Mykene
infantry, the Myrmidon soldiers of Achilles, and the cunning strategies
of Odysseus, compelled against his heart's urgings to aid the cause of
Agamemnon.
Now, before the gates of Troy, Hektor and Achilles will find themselves
inexorably drawn into a battle of champions that will decide the fate of
the innocents trapped within the city walls. There, as King Priam slips
into madness, Andromache-wife of Hektor, lover of Helikaon, mother,
warrior, and priestess-must navigate a maze of treachery and danger to
save her children and her city from the massacre about to unfold.