An Oblique Approach (Belisarius, #1)

In northern India the Malwa have created an empire of unexampled evil. Guided or possessed by an intelligence from beyond time, with new weapons, old treachery, and an implacable will to power, the Malwa will sweep over the whole Earth. Only three things stand between the Malwa and their plan of eternal domination: the empire of Rome in the East, Byzantium; a crystal with vision; and a man named Belisarius, the greatest commander Earth has ever know. Only three things stand between the Malwa and the conquest of Earth: Byzantium, the empire of Rome in the East; a crystal that urges mankind to fight; and Belisarius, general of the Byzantine Empire, and arguably the greatest commmander the Earth has ever known. Only three things stand between the Malwa of northern India and their plan for eternal domination--the armies of the Byzantine Empire, a crystal oracle, and Belisarius, a warrior commander who journeys into the heart of the Malwa's empire. Reissue. That night, Belisarius was resting in the villa which he had purchased upon receiving command of the army at Daras.