Leading the fight to preserve the soul of Egypt is Hasdrabal Barca, the Pharaoh's deadliest killer.

Possessed of a rage few men can fathom and fewer can withstand, Barca struggles each day to preserve the last sliver of his humanity.

But, when one of Egypt's most celebrated generals, a Greek mercenary called Phanes, defects to the Persians, it triggers a savage war that will tax Barca's skills, and his humanity, to the limit.

A final conflict remains, a reckoning set to unfold in the dusty hills east of Pelusium.

There, over the dead of two nations, Hasdrabal Barca will face the same choice as the heroes of old: Death and eternal fame .