The brutal battle for power continues in the fourth book in the epic Empire of the Moghul series. Agra India 1606. Jahangir the triumphant Moghul Emperor & ruler of most of the Indian subcontinent is doomed. No amount of wealth & ruthlessness can protect him from his sons desire for power. The glorious Moghul throne is worth any amount of bloodshed & betrayal; once Jahangir raised troops against his own father; now he faces a bloody battle with Khurram the ablest of his warring sons. Worse is to come. Just as the heirs of Timur the Great share intelligence physical strength & utter ruthlessness they also have a great weakness for wine & opium. Once Jahangir is tempted his talented wife Mehrunissa is only too willing to take up the reins of empire. & with Khurram & his half-brothers each still determined to be their fathers heir the savage battle for the Moghul throne will be more ferocious than even Timur could have imagined...