Khan's Circle

Waking up in the middle of a 100-mile wide wall of horsemen, 15-year-old Robert finds himself trapped inside the Great Hunt of Genghis Khan. Thousands of Mongolian riders are slowly shrinking a massive circle, herding every living thing—predators and prey alike—toward a central killing field. Robert isn't being hunted by soldiers yet; he is being herded like an animal. To survive, he must use the prehistoric stealth and tracking skills he learned in the past to "e;break"e; the circle, a feat of survival that no beast or man has ever achieved.Robert's impossible escape from the tightening perimeter immediately catches the eye of Genghis Khan, who sees the boy's "e;ghost-like"e; movement and mechanical intuition as a gift from the spirits. Captured but respected, Robert is forced to use his modern "e;mechanic's brain"e; to improve the Horde's siege engines while secretly tracking the shimmering atmospheric "e;glitch"e; moving across the high steppes. In a final, desperate ride across the open plains, he plunges through the anomaly and wakes up safely in his own bed in 2020.