description: Set in oil rich Central Asia, Hero of the Steppe chronicles the lives of eight people whose ambition, longing, and sheer desire to survive bring them together amidst the throes of modern geopolitics. Non-judgmental, Hero of the Steppe posits arms smugglers, empire builders, spies, religious fanatics, patriots, and terrorists as ordinary people faced with extraordinary circumstances and follows them to an unpredictable end.
title: Hero of the Steppe