eunuchs

Yashim Togalu, nineteenth-century eunuch and imperial investigator, inquires into a wave of murders in Istanbul, Turkey, and uncovers the revival of the Janissaries, the Ottoman military force abolished ten years earlier, who are planning to overthrow the government.

A narrative of the life of Alexander the Great from the age of twenty-six until his death seven years later.

Ancient Egypt, once the land of pharaohs and a kingdom built on gold, now lies ravaged by war, shattered by greed, and drained of its lifeblood as weak men inherit the cherished crown.