Troy still stands, and the Greek army threatens to revolt. But Odysseus has a plan, dreamed up with the storyteller Thersites. The scheme centres on the south gate of Troy - the Horse Gate. In Greece itself revolt has already torn the nations apart. The kings will return to more war, with armies shrunk by the losses of Troy - if they return at all. For the gods are fickle, and the Greensea and its islands are full of perils even Odysseus has not guessed...