Bargain @ 99 cents for today only (Nov 18th) according to the newsletter from Open Road Media (couponable @ Kobo, should be available in all the usual stores, price good for Canada & US, possibly other regions as well):
Ruler of the Sky: A Novel of Genghis Khan by Nebula Award-winning feminist science fiction author Pamela Sargent (
ISFDB,
Wikipedia), her non-sfnal regular historical novel about Exactly What It Says In The Title, originally out from Crown Publishers in 1993.
I either bought this via Fictionwise a long time ago, or it was on my wishlist and I never got around to buying it before they shut down. If the latter turns out to be the case, I'm definitely snapping this one up.
In 1167, in the harsh homeland of Mongol tribes, a child was born who was to change the course of human history. His father named him Temujin, but the world knows him as Genghis Khan. Set amid the barbaric splendor of the Mongol hordes, RULER OF THE SKY tells the tale of the warrior who forged one of the greatest and most terrifying armies the world had ever seen, and conquered the world from Peking to Persia.
Not only is this the story of Genghis Khan, it is also the story of those who were closest to him, especially the women who played such an important role in his life. From the windswept plains of Mongolia to the opulence of the Chinese court, RULER OF THE SKY is unforgettable.