Twenty years after the Trojan War, Odysseus washes ashore on the coast of Ithaca. Now he is a stranger in his own country, which has changed dramatically. His wife is besieged by suitors waiting for her to choose a new husband and king. Their son, the heir to the throne, is threatened with death. Scarred by war, Odysseus is no longer the hero he once was. But he must face his past in order to save his family.