ONE FELL SWOOP Soldiers and war chest secured, Arslan and his loyal retainers make ready to march upon Ecbatana once more. The capital is in dire need of rescuing–and so is Princess Irina! Desperate to claim the crown without bloodying his own hands, Guiscard schemes to use the captured princess as a pawn in a lethal plot against his brother, killing two bothersome birds with one stone...
