A city under siege. A people betrayed. In 1098, famine and fear choke Ma'arrat al-Nu'man as the First Crusade closes in. Among starving citizens stands Ahmad, a hunter with a wolf at his heel and a hawk on his arm. Based on real chronicles, The Father of Beasts is a story of endurance, betrayal, and faith in an age where ordinary lives were crushed by kings, armies, and conquest.