1816-1829. Patras, Tripolitsa, Nafplio, Mesolongi… 

Since Angelis found himself imprisoned in Sahin Aga's chicken coop, hatred nested in his soul like a venomous snake. During his explosive and simultaneously enchanting journey, he enters the service of a grumpy and stingy merchant who sells fireflies for lanterns. He is surrounded by the leaden cloud of slavery and the humiliation of the serfs. He unites with Kerasia, where dreams dive and swim in her presence. He encounters local leaders, peasants, and comrades who are more than brothers and a wife in the heat of battle, while a terrified Turkish boy clings to him. On his path, he meets two elders who scrutinize the motive for everything and the sweet and venomous essence of the "self," the beguiling Aspasia, diabolical foreigners, local adventurers, the mute for thirty-six years Simeon, a horseman who saves captive Turkish girls, and the greatest enemy of a free man, fear. Angelis experiences the grandeur and dark side of the blood-soaked '21, shattering myths and revealing buried truths. He embraces the fire of uprising, transforms savagery into hope, redemption, and sweetness, and loudly declares: "I want to be a serf to no one. A serf to nothing!"