The book starts with Pyrrhus and other Greek warriors waiting for Trojans in the famous Trojan horse. Pyrrhus has never gone to a fight and is afraid of the potential circumstances of the war. Pyrrhus' father, Achilles, was a greater warrior. While camping waiting for Trojans, Pyrrhus only thinks of his father. Achilles died while his son was a toddler. Currently, Pyrrhus is fighting alongside warriors who fought beside his father. The men despise him but eventually, he proves them wrong. Since his childhood, Pyrrhus has been training how to fight. Sometimes he used to pummel his nurse to the chagrin of the poor woman.
The death of Achilles dealt a huge blow to his young concubine, Briseis. Briseis is pregnant with Achilles’s baby and must struggle to survive in the absence of her husband. Luckily, she is married to Achilles’ former aide, Alcimus. Alcimus and Automedon were Achilles’ aides. However, they are now serving as Pyrrhus aides. Briseis seems worried and sympathetic to Pyrrhus because he is inexperienced. The fight ensues between Greek warriors and Trojans. At the end of the fight, Trojans are defeated and their king, Priam is killed by Pyrrhus.
Nobody is willing to bury king Priam because the outcome of doing so is capital punishment. However, while strolling on the beach, Amina, a dedicated religious woman, bumps into Priam’s body. Brises is worried because she thinks that Amina might bury the body. The book portrays the women of Troy as strong despite the men losing battle to Greek warriors.
