Leon wants revenge against Zeus for ordering his death as an infant.
Zeus sentences his newborn son Leon to death after a prophecy warns that the child will kill him. Leon survives only because his mother and the master Chiron intervene. Twenty years later Leon reappears as a grown man, prepared to face the god king who tried to erase him.
Why it hooks you
- A god orders the death of his own newborn son
- Leon escapes execution through his mother and Chiron
- Twenty years pass before Leon returns for vengeance
Intensity
The mythic stakes carry serious weight beneath the bright surface.