King of the Rus

This is the age of the Mongols, when the steppe cavalry ruled the lands, and an unprecedented empire emerged before the world. Vasily's story also begins beneath the trampling hooves of the nomadic hordes. A guilty prince flees Rus, threatened by steppe scimitars, and ventures through the scheming worlds of Byzantium and Syria, ultimately embarking on a path to greatness—with only his wits and the sword in his hand to rely on.