In the cruel final winter of Bronze Age Mycenae, an untouchable outlaw returns home to bury the bodies of his three brothers, whom he murdered decades before. But the sole survivor of the slaughter, two implacable kings, two women who understand men far too well, and even the Great Serpent of Delphi herself have their own designs for him. Caught in this crucible of warring forces, the outlaw must reassess not just his own life, but reality itself.