aksum (kingdom)

After the death of Artos, High King of Britain, and his sons, his daughter Princess Goewin journeys to Aksum to meet Constantine, her intended husband, but finds the country in political turmoil.

After the death of Artos, High King of Britain, and his sons, his daughter Princess Goewin journeys to Aksum to meet Constantine, her intended husband, but finds the country in political turmoil.

Telemakos, the half-British, half-Aksumite grandson of King Arthur, is accused of treachery by Abreha, the ruler of Hinyar, and lacking any means to communicate his predicament to his family in far-away Aksum, tries to find a subtle and effective way to regain his freedom.

When, in the sixth century, plague spreads from Britain to Aksum, young Telemakos travels to the kingdom's salt mines to discover the identity of the traitor to the crown who, ignoring the emperor's command, is spreading plague with the salt from port to port.

When, in the sixth century, plague spreads from Britain to Aksum, young Telemakos travels to the kingdom's salt mines to discover the identity of the traitor to the crown who, ignoring the emperor's command, is spreading plague with the salt from port to port.

As mysterious threats to his family increase, twelve-year-old Telemakos, still haunted by his ordeal as a government spy and adjusting to the recent loss of an arm, is sent with his baby sister to live with Abreha, the ruler of Himyar, with the warning that, while kind, he is also dangerous and not to be trusted.