After nine long years in the Holy Land, Prince Andrian Gilbert de Langeais returns to Briton as a venerated war hero. Unable to release the demons he carries inside himself after his experiences in battle, Prince Andrian collapses under the weight of his birthright. Following a series of ruinous losses, Prince Andrian finds himself growing paranoid and spiraling into madness as he is torn between his duty as the protector of his kingdom and his desire for absolute power. With his brother vying for his throne, and his father denying the essence of his humanity, the blurring of good and evil begins when Andrian the Ruthless reluctantly accepts his role of epic villain in one of the greatest power struggles of the Middle Ages.