- Prince Manfred and his mentor and bodyguard, the deadly warrior Erik,
survived dangers and enemies both natural and supernatural, and if they thought
that their new mission was going to be anything but more of the same, they soon
gave up on that hope. Returning from Jerusalem, they and their escort of knights
of the Holy Trinity are escorting an envoy of II Khan Mongol to the lands of the
Golden Horde — between the Black Sea and the Carpathians, which happen to
be eastern bastion against their old enemies, the demon Chernobog and his
possessed puppet, the Jangellion. Unfortunately, what began as a diplomatic
mission leads to Manfred and his knights being caught up in an inter-clan civil
war, rescuing a fugitive woman and her injured brother, and becoming involved in
the problems of Prince Vlad, Duke of Valahia, who has been held as a hostage by
King Emeric of Hungary until freed by Countess Elizabeth Batholdy to use as bait
to capture a group of nonhumans.
- ISBN10 1439134162
- ISBN13 9781439134160
- Publish Date 14 February 2011 (first published 17 May 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Baen Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 768
- Language English