Persia 330 BC. Andronicus believes he needs little in his life apart from the love of his new wife Idahlia. Yet as he travels leaving behind his home in Macedonia to follow the army of Alexander the Great, his lack of means troubles him. At first Idahlia provides the answers but as the army marches east, the pair face increasing adversity. Andronicus' path is lightened when he is unexpectedly called to serve the beautiful Roxane. In some ways her presence is enriching, in other ways it inhibits him. Andronicus, like Heracles and Odysseus before him, endures the long, often cruel passage through a life that is tragic but ultimately renewing.