As two armies stand poised for the final battle of a millennium-long war, the immortal, charismatic leader known only as the Traveller reflects on what led him, long ago, to begin this war of liberation. Amid the alarms and encounters of a sleepless night, he thinks back over three thousand years of life: the loves and hates, the victories and disasters, the moral dilemmas-and the lost love he still mourns. As battle is joined, the tale has a few more twists to throw at the Traveller. ""This is an elegant novel, poetically written, with just the right mix of pathos and humour, and the...