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Until the Sun Falls

In the thirteenth century the Mongol hordes swept out of Mongolia to over-run half the world. This novel follows Psin, a Mongol general, through the military campaigns in Russia and Europe, among his own family and in his own heart.

Setting
medievalRussia
Audience
adult
Length
long · 516 pages

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