The Path of the Eclipse

The willow bends and does not break, but the wind that blows from the west has a name...and that name is Khan—Jenghiz Khan. It is to the north of ancient China where lies the greatest danger and no one is safe, especially foreigners. The man known to the Chinese people as Shih Ghieh-Man faces the greatest danger. He is an enigma—a man of strength with no perceivable vices. To survive the coming storm, he allies himself with the beautiful T'en Chih-Yu, a woman warrior desperate to save her people from the Mongol horde. But the man who offers his help has another, older name-and a terrible secret. For he is the Count St. Germain... and the greatest gift he can bestow can be bought with blood... or death.