The Death of Kings places the young Caesar on board a war galley in the dangerous, tempest-tossed waters of the Mediterranean. After achieving a striking victory, things turn disastrous when he is captured by pirates and imprisoned on the North Coast of Africa. Caesar refuses to accept his fate and uses his charisma and leadership to forge a lean, lethal squadron of warriors who break out of captivity and become involved in a bloody uprising in Greece. Inevitably, Caesar returns toward Rome for another encounter that will have tremendous consequences for him and his fellow Romans.