The creators of the monster called Link oncee were human,
but that was distant ages in their past. Now, from the far
future, they have sent their creation back to shape the
world of the 6th century AD into the form that will make
their own foul existence possible.
Taught and ruled by Link, the Malwa Empire has spread from
the Indus Valley, across India and into Mesopotamia. Its
inhuman master has chosen its instruments from the most
brutal and degraded members of humanity, and they have
served its monstrous ends well.
A Guide
Those in the future who never were human have sent their
own messenger to the past: Aide, a gleaming jewel who can
warn but not lead; who can teach the construction of new
weapons but cannot wield those weapons himself.
Aide has come to Belisarius, the greatest general of the
6th century and perhaps any century. Between them they
have forged an alliance of all the world against evil—and
an army that can be the spear through evil's heart.
A Crusade
With lancers and breech-loading rifles, with steamships
and with galleys, Belisarius is marching into the Malwa
heartland. In a world aflame with treachery,
assassination, and slaughter beyond anything save the
battles of mythology, he and his companions know only one
sure thing: if they fail, their whole world is doomed to
living Hell—for all time!