Spanning two hundred turbulent years and the lives of six very different emperors, the Moghul series will bring to life a people whose skill and bravery on the battlefield would be matched by their love of luxury, their passion for beauty and their unbridled ambition. For all their brilliance, however, the Moghuls were deeply flawed; with no law of primogeniture, Moghul princes would fight each other and even their fathers for the crown, following their mantra, 'Throne or Coffin!'. Book One will tell the story of the charismatic Babur, warrior and ruler of Ferghana, a kingdom north of Afghanistan. Determined to emulate his warrior ancestors, Babur's hunger for an empire leads him to attempt to re-establish Timur's legacy around the fabled city of Samarkand, accompanied by his loyal army of followers.