Rome, 12 B.C. The Emperor Augustus is almighty. Alix is over 50 years old. He is a senator. Khephren has seized the terrible secret hidden in the Sibyllin books. A mysterious Cybel of Orichal gives power and eternity to those who come to worship him. The young Egyptian is convinced of it, it is he who is waiting for. But for this he still has to go to Asia Minor to force the doors of the great sanctuary of the goddess and to confront the galls, the priests who have dedicated themselves to her in the blood. What fate will Cybele reserve for the desecrators?