About the book: year / In 88 BC. It seems like the whole world is at war. Young Gordian, a Roman citizen, lives in Alexandria, making ends meet by practicing his craft as a detective and solving various kinds of petty crimes for a fee. He whiles away the time with his slave Bethesda, waiting for the world to regain its sanity and become the same. But on the day when Gordian turns twenty-two, Bethesda is kidnapped by robbers who mistake her for the mistress of a rich merchant. If Gordian wants to find and save Bethesda, who has come to mean more to him than he previously thought, he must find the kidnappers before they realize their mistake and deal with her. Using all the skills his father taught him, Gordian must track them down and convince them that he has something more valuable to offer them in exchange for the freedom of Bethesda. As the streets of Alexandria slowly descend into chaos and the townspeople begin to riot over... Due to rumors about the impending invasion of his brother Ptolmay, Gordian finds himself in the center of a dangerous conspiracy - the raid and looting of the golden sarcophagus of Alexander the Great himself..