Athens has been weakened by decades of war with Sparta. Now, conflict between political factions threatens to tear the city apart from within. In a violent and crumbling society, Daimon, son of an Athenian general and a Thracian slave, finds himself hunted by enemies on all sides, including by the family of a young man history will come to remember as Plato. Yet under the guidance of the greatest military leader of his age, Daimon will find his destiny as a warrior and take his first steps in becoming the Demon of Athens...