Alkina

The action of the novel takes place in the middle of the 4th century AD, in the late Roman Empire. The main character, a young man named Alkina, comes to study Rhetoric to the famous mentor in one of the cities of Asia Minor. Together with a mentor and companions, he travels around Asian cities, ends up in a fortress besieged by the Persians, a miracle is saved to be captured by robbers and see and listen to a lot of amazing - from the story about lions wandering around the provincial city, before the story of the struggle against the demon , killing babies. The biographies of the great rites confuse his mind and heart, and a series of events, comic and sad, makes him think about whether he really wants to follow this sweating for such glory