Co-author of the bestselling children's book *A Dangerous Book for Boys*, Conn Iggulden became world-renowned with his *The Emperor* series, which recreates the life of the great leader Julius Caesar, with over 55,000 copies sold in Brazil. A major revelation in British historical fiction, Iggulden returns with *Empire of Silver*, the fourth volume in the *The Conqueror* series, which reconstructs the saga of the Mongol emperor Genghis Khan and his descendants, and has achieved the same success as the previous series. Mongolia, 13th century. After the death of the great leader Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire goes through a period of uncertainty. Genghis's chosen successor as khan, his son Ogedai, faces the envy and resistance of his older brother, the cunning Chagatai. To help legitimize his power, Odegai builds the gigantic city of Karakorum in the middle of the Mongolian plains and declares it the capital of the empire. However, political gamesmanship is not Ogedai's only concern. The great Mongol empire needs to continue its military expansion, and it will fall to General Tsubodai, a trusted man of the late Genghis Khan, to lead the mighty army to the nation's new leader. Among the soldiers Tsubodai will take with him is the ambitious Batu, the bastard son of Jochi, Ogedai's brother, who was murdered by the general on Genghis's orders. Batu and Tsubodai will fuel a fierce rivalry as they lead the army from the empire's borders with Russia to the cold Russian lands. As he desperately tries to hold on to power and battles his failing health, Ogedai will rely on the support and loyalty of all his relatives, even if this means forming unlikely alliances—such as with his sister-in-law, Sorhatani, a woman determined to provide a better life for her children. But nothing, not even the turbulent political climate, will be able to stop the rise of one of the greatest empires history has ever seen.
