A WITCHS LIFE IN MONGOL GN (2025)

The time: the thirteenth century. The place: Yeke Mongol Ulus, the greatest empire the world has ever known. The woman: Fatima, hailing from Persia, where medical technique and scientific knowledge have been perfected beyond all precedent. Fatima's desire for a stage where she can put her knowledge to work has brought her to the palace of the Mongols, where she falls under the wing of Töregene, the sixth wife of Ögedei, the second Great Khan-a mighty woman with complicated feelings about the direction of the empire. These two women are the axel upon which the politics of the palace, and soon the very world, will turn…

Sitara spent her youth in the service of a scholarly household, where she was treated like family-the best life a slave like her could hope for in 13th century Iran. Then the Mongol invasions ripped it all away. Her home was burnt. Her beloved mistress was killed before her eyes. And she was dragged into the strange and unknown steppes… But Sitara adapts fast. Adopting her mistresses name, 'Fatima,' she has used her education to become a vital asset in the Mongol court… where she bides her time for revenge. Has the hour come at last, now that Genghis Khan has died?

Fatima is shaken by the sudden death of her archnemesis, Tolui, the hero of the conquest of Jin. House Tolui’s might had been a heavy weight disturbing the balance of power in the Empire—now the scales have flipped on their head. In this new unstable world, Fatima finds herself being headhunted by the empress Boraqchin, who wants her sharp mind to help draw up plans for expanding the Empire… But the whole situation still feels wrong to Fatima, who runs off to save Töregene, currently under arrest due to suspicions that she poisoning the Khaan!