Alcibiades faces an impossible task: save Agrienes from enemies both outside and within. While barbarian armies circle in the distance, hungry for plunder, the city's own ruling families tear at its foundations with their greed and corruption.
Raised by a father who believed in diplomacy's power, Alcibiades now stands at a crossroads where words alone cannot defend the wealthy city. Yet as a military commander witnessing daily injustices - noblemen's sons committing heinous crimes without consequence, merchants crushed under protection rackets, common citizens living in fear - he knows that traditional warfare would only feed the predators circling Agrienes' walls.

Instead, he must forge a new path. Like a master player of chess, Alcibiades moves his pieces with precision, wielding silence as a weapon and patience as a shield. His strategy requires him to navigate treacherous political waters where every smile hides a dagger, and every gesture of friendship may conceal an assassin's contract.

But time is running out. With each passing day, the gulf between the privileged and the common people widens like a sinkhole beneath the city's magnificent facades. Every crime dismissed with a laugh, every injustice waved away by a jewelled hand, weakens the city's foundations. The barbarians beyond the walls can smell the rot within.

As Alcibiades orchestrates his intricate strategy for bloodless victory, he knows his enemies are moving against him. In the shadows of gilded halls and behind ornate masks, assassins sharpen their blades. Can he complete his master plan before they silence him forever?

Alcibia V Agrienes follows one idealistic commander's dangerous game to save a city from itself, where victory requires outsmarting both barbarian armies and corrupt noblemen - and where the deadliest weapons are not swords, but secrets.
Perfect for readers who love intricate political intrigue, complex strategy, and heroes who must think their way out of impossible situations. Join Alcibiades as he plays the longest game, where the stakes are an entire city's soul, and one wrong move means death.