Can Ashoka conquer his enemies or will his own demons get the better of him? Known in far reaches of the world as a great conqueror, King Bindusara rules over much of India with an iron fist. When a Brahmin prophesies that his beautiful wife Subhadragi will birth a legendary ruler, a king above all kings, Bindusara is ecstatic. But when the child is born a frail, ordinary-looking boy, the king, filled with disappointment and disgust, leaves him to his mother and ...