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In Videssos the town, tribune Marcus Scaurus was uninterested. The legion that were magically transported for this unusual planet was a long way away. But the Emperor's relative Alypia was near -- and willing.When their secret trysts were tricked, Emperor Thorisin Gavras was pressured to condemn Marcus like a traitor -- but with a guarantee of independence and Alypia, if he might recover a rebel land from the lover usurper, with no military help. With only centurion Gaius Philippus, Marcus attempted to attempt the apparently difficult task.But the fates conspired against them, driving them further westward, in to the inner sanctum of Videssos' excellent adversary Yezd -- and toward the torture chambers of the evil, deathless magician-king Avshar.But behind them, without instructions, the men of the legion were on the goal!