Bardis' gaze rested on her. Alexia shivered and turned her head frantically. And then she saw him. His eyes were piercing her. Tall, imposing, with a proud look and a stride that hurt the stones as he stepped on them. He was her beloved, he was Bardis!

A great love is born in the most turbulent period of the Byzantine Empire.

Crossing underground corridors, secret passages, and arched arcades that create illusions, Alexia will meet her destiny.
The secret of the swamp, the wandering troupe, the dwarfs, the tea of oblivion steal her innocence and happiness.
Campaigns, separations, intrigues, and exiles take away the man of her life.

But no transcendence is a sacrifice.
It is redemption.
It is a soul's demand.