Civil war is a curse that touches everyone, including King Tashdar of the Mulamar. When he is ordered by a powerful and mysterious stranger to send warriors toward Kanai and Kadisha to slaughter everyone, Tashdar has no choice but to obey. As the Hebari emperor's palace is invaded, only one man escapes--a captain of the guard to whom the emperor has entrusted the safety of his remaining two children. Moments later, the emperor's legacy is erased from the face of the earth.More than forty years later, Pasha Nuvahli of the Sashramans tribe, greatest of the king's warriors, is devastated when...