After ten grueling years of war, the people of Troy awake to find the armada of Greek warships has vanished from their shores. The war is over and the city rejoices. When they find the huge wooden horse the Greeks have left as an offering to the goddess, Athena, they bring it inside the gates in order to thwart their enemy and secure a future of hope for themselves. That is the beginning of the end for the fabled city. Before the night is over, Troy will burn, and the blood of thousands will flow in its streets. But a remnant escapes - vowing never to forget. Aeneas, reputed son of the goddess Aphrodite, leads the survivors of Troy across the world in search of a mythical land called 'Hesperia.' Facing danger and treachery, and tormented by guilt over the death of his brother, Hector, he pursues a destiny foretold by an ancient Oracle - one that will shape the fate of the world for three thousand years.

On the shores of Africa, he meets the beautiful Dido, whose own life has been beset by nearly identical tragedies. Their kindred grief sparks a passionate love between them. But the Numidian king, Yarbas, has designs on the Tyrian queen and manipulates them both in a masterful plan that will make Dido his own. While unknown to them all, an immense evil is closing in...