The Three Empires

By Yusuf Shah

In an era where the clash of steel echoes across lands, the Mongolian forces, with swords drawn and spirits unyielding, advance towards the realms of South Eastern Europe. Their objective: conquest, or a valiant attempt at it. Amidst this rising tide of Mongolian might stands Edgar, the resilient king of Alcrom. Faced with the relentless march of Kublai Khan’s formidable army, Edgar braces for a battle that could reshape the course of history. As the Mongolian onslaught engulfs two neighbouring empires, leaving devastation in its wake, Edgar finds himself in a solitary struggle against an overwhelming adversary. The fate of Alcrom hangs in the balance as its king confronts a pivotal choice: to crush the invading Mongolian Empire or to succumb to the fate that befell the other two empires.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Mar 28, 2024
• ISBN: 9781035836598

Yusuf Shah

Yusuf Shah, our young author, currently resides in Walsall with his Pakistani parents. His writing journey began when he first got the idea of the Turkish war and the gruesome Mongols. He read The Art of War by Sun Tzu and learned about combat and the different types of weapons used. He was also extremely fascinated by the intriguing history of the Ottoman Empire and its founder, Osman Gazi. Yusuf intends to inspire young minds through his work and is thus looking forward to publishing more titles in the future.

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About the Author

Yusuf Shah, our young author, currently resides in Walsall with his Pakistani parents. His writing journey began when he first got the idea of the Turkish war and the gruesome Mongols. He read The Art of War by Sun Tzu and learned about combat and the different types of weapons used. He was also extremely fascinated by the intriguing history of the Ottoman Empire and its founder, Osman Gazi. Yusuf intends to inspire young minds through his work and is thus looking forward to publishing more titles in the future.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my family and Peter Muller.

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Acknowledgement

Thank you to: Peter Muller, who helped me edit and gave me feedback. My family, for encouraging me to write this book. And to my teachers and Mrs Clarke and Catell.

Chapter One

The Spies

Long long ago in a dark and gloomy kingdom called Khabet, there was a cruel and gruesome king named Alexander who had poor and miserable slaves work for him. He was so awful that he kept two guards next to his large and comfortable throne. When he wished to stand up and check on his hardworking and melancholic slaves he had to be picked up.

He decapitated anyone who didn’t bow down to him and sometimes he wasn’t even bothered to do that, he just told them to go away! They were so scared of getting their head chopped off that they ran away and never came back!

One day, the king had only five of his best soldiers and apparently there were sneaky spies in his kingdom and they would send messages of the king’s everyday life, what he did and how he did it, they would also receive information about the statistics of the whole kingdom and the pros and cons and they would ship one letter which would take five days (120 hours)! The other kingdoms around Khabet were so scared that they would never even dare to go near it. One day, a king named Edgar noticed something while walking around his beautiful, gorgeous kingdom. There were random archers on buildings that were not commanded by him to be standing there! ‘Hey what are you doing over there, get down here this instant!’ he shouted. The archers looked at him and then showed him some kind of sign. Or could he be telling someone else behind him to…

Chapter Two

The Search

Straight after he saw the sign he heard a sound, it was shing almost like a dagger! Edgar then turned around to see a man wearing a black mask who had a sharp and glistening dagger which was for stabbing into the back of a rich, wealthy king. (Now who could that be?) The black masked man then raised his dagger and swung it furiously. Luckily, the great king dodged the honed dagger and grabbed the petrified man’s arm and twisted it. The man grunted, which turned into a light scream which finally turned into a deafening scream. (So high pitched that the king almost let go of his arm!) But the king was not going to let go. He then silenced the man with a razor-sharp, blood-stained sword and took the rebellious man’s life. The archer was now alone with no reinforcements. He pulled the string of his bow and shot it. Luckily, the king had the man’s lifeless body and took cover. The arrow sunk into the bloodied man’s heart. Edgar then frantically climbed the tower and blocked the archer’s punch. After that, he threw him off the high tower, knocking him out on a group of hard, but now crushed watermelons (which were in a stall of a proud man’s, however now he could not sell anything to his customers). The king definitely knew something was wrong, he commanded a group of trained warriors to search the whole kingdom for more spies. The guards