Gods, Kings & Slaves

War is coming...Peninsular India, fourteenth century. The Pandyan empire is at itspeak, its enemies subdued and its people at peace. Having left behindhis step-brother Sundar in the race to the throne, Crown Prince VeeraPandyan is set to rule from Madurai, reputed to be the richest city inthe subcontinent. But invisible fractures within the kingdom threatento destroy it, and a new enemy approaches, swifter than anyone canimagine.In Delhi, Sultan Alauddin Khilji s trusted general, the eunuch MalikKafur, has trained his eyes on the distant south, fabled for its riches.A slave captured by the Khiljis, Kafur is renowned for his ambitionand cunning. None, not even the mighty Mongols, have defeated him no empire can withstand the trail of destruction he leaves in hiswake. And all he wants is to see Madurai on its knees, its wealthpillaged, its temples destroyed.As an ancient city combusts in flames of treachery, bloodlust andrevenge, brother will battle brother, ambition will triumph over love,slaves will rise to rule, cities will be razed to dust, and the victor willbe immortalized in history...