Wolf of the Plains. Conn Iggulden

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      WOLF OF

      THE PLAINS

      CONN IGGULDEN

       Copyright

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2007

      Copyright © Conn Iggulden 2007

      Maps © John Gilkes

      Conn Iggulden asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780007201747

       Ebook Edition © SEPTEMBER 2008 ISBN: 9780007285341

      Version: 2018-10-08

       Dedication

      To my brothers John, David and Hal

      ‘A multitude of rulers is not a good thing.

      Let there be one ruler, one king.’

      – Homer, the Iliad

      Contents

       Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Prologue Part One Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Part Two Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Chapter Twenty-Five Chapter Twenty-Six Chapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-One Chapter Thirty-Two Chapter Thirty-Three Chapter Thirty-Four Epilogue Afterword Keep Reading Acknowledgements Sample Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five About The Author Also By Conn Iggulden About the Publisher

       PROLOGUE

      The snow was blinding as the Mongol archers encircled the Tartar raiding party. Each man guided his pony with his knees, standing on the stirrups to fire shaft after shaft with withering accuracy. They were grimly silent, the hooves of their galloping ponies the only sound to challenge the cries of the wounded and the howling wind. The Tartars could not escape the whirring death that came out of the darkening wings of the battle. Their horses fell groaning to their knees, blood spattering