Through the narration of the life of a charismatic woman who excelled in the golden age of Mystras, Cleopas Palaiologina Malatesta, the story of an entire era that preceded the world-historical event of the Fall of Constantinople emerges.

In this fictional biography of Cleopas - seen from multiple perspectives, depending on the position of each eyewitness who recounts the experience they had with her - the reader can vividly follow the history of Mystras during its rise as an international center of culture and politics, during the first half of the 15th century.