No.1 bestselling author Conn Iggulden takes on the story of the mighty Kublai Khan. An epic tale of a great & heroic mind; his action-packed rule; & how in conquering one-fifth of the worlds inhabited land he changed the course of history forever. A scholar who conquered an empire larger than those of Alexander or Caesar. A warrior who would rule a fifth of the world with strength & wisdom. A man who betrayed a brother to protect a nation. From a young scholar to one of historys most powerful warriors Conqueror tells the story of Kublai Khan -- an extraordinary man who should be remembered alongside Julius Caesar Alexander the Great & Napoleon Bonaparte as one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known. It should have been a golden age with an empire to dwarf the lands won by the mighty Genghis Khan. Instead the vast Mongol nation is slowly losing ground swallowed whole by their most ancient enemy. A new generation has arisen yet the long shadow of the Great Khan still hangs over them all! Kublai dreams of an empire stretching from sea to sea. But to see it built this scholar must first learn the art of war. He must take his nations warriors to the ends of the known world. & when he is weary when he is wounded he must face his own brothers in bloody civil war.