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Nadat Alexander de Grote in 334 v. Chr. Efeze heeft veroverd, breken er hevige onlusten uit die culmineren in enkele moorden; Alexanders lijfarts gaat op onderzoek uit.

Het is het jaar 334 v. Chr, en de jonge Alexander is met zijn troepen gelegerd aan de Hellespont, klaar om het Perzische rijk binnen te vallen. Om de goedkeuring van de goden voor zijn onderneming te verkrijgen, brengt hij vele offers. Maar de rook stijgt niet omhoog en de onderofficieren blijken allemaal bezoedeld. Tot overmaat van ramp worden zijn gidsen genadeloos vermoord. Perzische spionnen infiltreren in zijn kamp. Zijn generaals smeden heimelijk hun eigen plannen.... In deze chaos verschijnt de arts Telamon, een jeugdvriend van Alexander. Wanneer alles zich samentrekt tot een climax, werpt de jonge veroveraar zijn nerveuze twijfels af en behaalt een bloedige maar briljante overwinning op de Perzen. Ook Telamon moet al zijn moed verzamelen om de moorddadige vijanden binnen het kamp te ontmaskeren.

It is 334 B.C. Alexander and his troops have crossed into Asia and shattered the Persian army at the battle of the Granicus. Marching south he has conquered all in his path, including the great city of Ephesus. But he knows, and his enemies know, that the great prize is the city of Halicarnassus, strategically important and with fortifications to make any attacker despair. Alexander, by now famous as the "Great Besieger of Cities" must take Halicarnassus. The city has a link with his own past and his difficult relationship with his father; he needs to prove something to himself.<p>The city's commanders, Alexander's old enemy Memnon of Rhodes, the Persian Orontobates, and the Greek renegade, Ephialtes, plot to ensure that Alexander will meet his nemesis at their gates. Fortifications are redoubled and a trap is prepared. This time, surely, they will bring down the "Macedonian Wolf" and bring his dreams of conquest to nothing.</p><p>Alexander's court is set up close to the city, and his physician and boyhood friend Telamon is there. Even as Alexander brings up his troops for one of the most dramatic confrontations in the ancient world, a series of brutal killings begins, proving that the Persians have infiltrated the court. While his lord prepares for the fight of his life, Telamon enters a maelstrom of murder and intrigue. He must go through "The Gates of Hell" to find the traitors and protect Alexander - but all the while the evercunning Alexander keeps his counsel and pursues his own plans to foil his enemies.</p>