罗伯特，声名狼藉的诺曼底公爵，失去了雇佣军的支持。他们在卡塔尼亚潜伏太久了，既没有战斗也没有掠夺。他的得力助手纪尧姆被一个老谋深算的和尚悄悄灌输了一些想法。他的朋友哈拉尔德，瓦良格人的领袖，在对斯特拉戈斯·马尼亚基斯的忠诚和对这位希腊将军的妹妹的爱之间摇摆不定。但罗伯特到底是谁?他为什么在这里，他被培养成什么样子?在这本引人入胜的第二卷中，新的友谊受到了旧怨的考验，背景是不断变化的联盟和秘密议程。
Robert, the disgraced Duke of Normandy, is losing favor with his mercenary army. They've been holed up above Catania too long, without battle or plunder. His right-hand man Guillaume is getting notions whispered into his head by a wily monk. His friend Harald, leader of the Varangians, is torn between his allegiance to Strategos Maniakis and his love for the Greek general's sister. But who is Robert, really? Why is he here, and what was he groomed for? New friendships are tested by old grievances against a backdrop of shifting alliances and secret agendas in this spellbinding second volume.
