一個叫唐克雷德的諾曼人帶著一群國際雇傭兵在西西里島登陸。作為一個神秘而危險的人物，他很快證明了自己是一個兇猛的戰(zhàn)士和一個狡猾的戰(zhàn)略家，但他為什么要來呢?向圍困陶爾米納的哈拉爾勛爵復(fù)仇?隱藏在城市里的凱達(dá)家族的巨額財富?為什么唐克雷德要和一個叫他羅伯特的教皇使節(jié)一起旅行?他到底在拼命隱瞞什么不光彩的過去?在這場轉(zhuǎn)變聯(lián)盟和突然死亡的陰謀中，每個人都為自己，背景是諾曼征服西西里島。
A Norman by the name of Tancred makes landfall in Sicily with a motley international mercenary crew. A figure of mystery and danger, he soon proves himself a fierce blade and a cunning strategist, but why has he come? Revenge on the embattled Lord Harald now besieging Taormina? The fabulous wealth of the Qaids hidden within the city? Why does Tancred travel with a papal legate who calls him Robert? What disgraceful past is he trying desperately to hide? It's every man for himself in this intrigue of shifting alliances and sudden death, set against the backdrop of Sicily's Norman conquest.
