Gentlemen of the RoadIn the Kingdom of Aran, in the Caucasus Mountains in 950 A.D., two adventurers wander the region, plying their trade as swords for hire, until they become involved in a bloody coup in the medieval Jewish empire of the Khazars as bodyguards for a fugitiveprince. |
Contents
CHAPTER FIVE | 56 |
CHAPTER | 68 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 79 |
CHAPTER EIGHT | 91 |
CHAPTER | 119 |
CHAPTER TWELVE | 146 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN | 157 |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN | 170 |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN | 182 |
AFTERWORD | 197 |
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