Nikos is twenty two years old, handsome, clever and just graduated law school when he finds out he has leprosy. He is sent into exile to Spinalonga, a rock island of Crete where there is no food, no electricity, no medical help, no supplies, nothing. He catches an eagle as a unique way to source food, then decides to create a life of dignity for the inhabitants of Spinalonga in the style of the city state system of Ancient Greece. Then comes the outbreak of World War II and the Nazi invasion of Greece...