Sitara is roped into cataloguing the results of the Mongols’ pillaging. After all, they’re warriors (and butchers), so most of them can’t read or write. Hell, maybe all of them. Basically, they need people like Sitara to help them keep an extensive record of what they’ve stolen. In the process, Sitara stumbles upon a book on alchemy — a book that might contain a magical cure-all. Continue reading
Sitara desires justice for her family, but should it come at all cost? Continue reading
Like a lot of women back in the day — and still now in a lot of places, I suppose — Toregene was just property. Continue reading
Princess Sorghaghtani wants Sitara to become her spy, but she doesn’t sic the latter on the Great Kha’an. Instead, she wants the girl to spy on Chagatai. Continue reading
Rage quickly builds in Sitara when she meets Princess Sorghaghtani for the first time. Luckily, she holds it together for now. Continue reading
