It is 1494, and the new ruler of Ferghana, 12 year-old Babur, faces a seemingly impossible challenge. Babur is determined to be as good as his great ancestor, Tamburlaine. But he is very young to inherit a crown and treasonous plots, tribal rivalries, rampaging armies and ruthlessly ambitious enemies will threaten everything.

1530, Agra, Northern India. Humayun, the newly-crowned second Moghul emperor, is a fortunate man. His father, Babur, has bequeathed him wealth, glory and an empire which stretches 1000 miles south from the Khyber Pass; he must now build on his legacy, and make the Moghuls worthy of their forebear, Tamburlaine.

This is the story of the third great Moghul Emperor, Akbar, leader of a triumphant dynasty which contained the seeds of its own destruction. Akbar, ruler of a sixth of the world's people, colossally rich and utterly ruthless, was a contemporary of Elizabeth I, but infinitely more powerful.

Agra, India, 1606. Jahangir, the triumphant Moghul Emperor and ruler of most of the Indian subcontinent, is doomed. No amount of wealth and ruthlessness can protect him from his sons' desire for power. The glorious Moghul throne is worth any amount of bloodshed and betrayal.

The new Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan reigns over a colossally wealthy empire of 100 million souls. Yet to gain his throne he has followed the savage 'throne or coffin' traditions of his ancestors - descendants of Genghis Khan and Tamburlaine. Ever since the Moghuls took India, brother has fought brother and sons their fathers for the prize and Shah Jahan has been no exception. As his reign dawns, now is the time for Shah Jahan to secure his throne by crushing his enemies. Instead, devastated by the death of his beautiful wife Mumtaz, he becomes obsessed with building an epic monument to their...

The sixth action-packed adventure from international bestseller Alex Rutherford. Follow a dynasty at war in the bloody and gripping Empire of the Moghul series...