Sicily, 412 BC. A man dares to stand up against a powerful sea captain. The just twenty-year-old Dionysius, filled with horror for the merciless slaughter of the Greeks in Selinounta, takes on the task of protecting Hellenism in the region from the Carthaginians at any cost. His dream is to turn Sicily into a Greek island and gain absolute control over its economic and military forces; he succeeds, becoming forever known in history as the Tyrant of Syracuse.
Who was Dionysius really? An egocentric and ambitious ruler or a dynamic personality capable of inspiring passions? Historians condemned him but could not deny his greatness. His life, a powerful story waiting for someone to record it.
No one could do it better than Valerio Manfredi, a lover of ancient Greece and an acclaimed author.