Author(s): Paul Doherty

Fiction

In thirteenth-century China, the Venetian Marco Polo, with his deep understanding of the language and etiquette of the court, is trusted adviser to the legendary Kublai Khan. So when a flood of portents, strange visions and ghastly murders occur throughout the kingdom and beyond, Marco is called upon to investigate. He discovers that the members of a demonic sect have disappeared from the desert to which they were banished and will attempt to release the Plague Lord himself, opening the gates of hell...