No peace in our time...? After the liberation of the Greek cities of Asia Minor from Persian oppression, at first everything to be going according to plan for the warriors of Sparta. But only for the moment. For this time, the Great King has sent two entire armies against the Greek Expeditionary Force to end the threat to his throne once and for all. With the seemingly unstoppable forces of Persia in sight, unrest in Ephesos turns into bloody civil war. Caught between chaos and turmoil within and the Persian menace drawing ever closer, the Greeks must look for new, if improbable allies. And so Thrax finds himself once more cast adrift... on Tides of War.