Stin tourkokratoumeni Makedonia ton arkhon tou 20ou aiona (Oktovrios 1906 - Iounios 1907), parakolouthoume ti zi kai tis peripeties ton antarton mesa kai yiro apo ton valto tis limnis ton Yiannitson. Eki, Ellines kai Voulgari polemoun aneleita yia to pios apo tous dio tha epikratisi stin periokhi, kato apo ti miti ton othomanikon stratevmaton pou kanoun ta strava matia. Kentriki iroes tis istorias inai o Apostolis kai o mikros tou philos Yiovan, dio orphana paidia pou ipiretoun os odigi sto plevro tou kapetan Agra kai ton sintrophon tou, miontas mas sta skotina mistika tou Valtou.

O Konstantinos kai o Mikhail, dio nei, yinontai kataskopi kathos megalonoun dipla ston prostati tous, to Nikita. Zontas anamesa stous Voulgarous tou Samoil pherontai os Voulgari, kataskopevoun kai ipiretoun ton Vasilio Voulgaroktono. Prosopo episis tou vivliou inai i Alexia pou sto megalitero meros emphanizetai os vouvi Voulgara. I Delta pleki to mitho me axona istorika yegonota opos i katastrophi tis Adrianoupolis to Dekapentavgousto tou 1004, i makhes tou Sperkhiou 997, tou Axiou 1004, tou Klidiou 1014. I iroes tou vivliou ipiretoun tin patrida, me ti simerini ennia tis, opos afti...

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