Strategos

Set in 1046 AD, this gripping tale follows young Apion, whose life is irrevocably changed by a brutal Seljuk night raid that plunges the Byzantine Empire into chaos. After finding unlikely solace from a Seljuk farmer named Mansur, Apion's yearning for vengeance drives him into the heart of a fierce conflict with the Seljuk Sultanate. As tensions rise in the borderlands of Eastern Anatolia, Apion must navigate his thirst for revenge while grappling with the fate of an empire on the brink of war.