A sweeping, multi-voiced retelling of the Trojan War that blends mythic drama with gritty historical detail, following the royal families of Troy and their Greek adversaries as love, ambition, honor and fate collide; through perspectives including a tragic prophetess it traces the passions of Paris and Helen, the heroism and hubris of Achilles and Hector, the intrigues of kings and queens, and the mounting human cost that culminates in the siege and sack of the city, exploring loss, survival and how ordinary choices become legend.