Damon, secret son of the war god Ares, was cast into the mortal Dark Forest as a boy and raised by a mysterious farmer. Ten years on, a tournament names Ares's heir. Disguised as a lowly olive farmer, Damon defeats champion after champion and reveals his royal blood. After surviving his brother's assassins and the God of Strength, he is crowned, spares his brother, breaks the throne's brutal bloodline, and discovers his mentor was Zeus all along.
