Part Three, Encounters & Alliances: Chapters 20 & 21 Summary

After two days, Sable and Kolya are led to a cart. Sable demands to be untied, and insists the Mongols bring along what belongs to them, rewarding their agreement with the inflatable raft and miming the action necessary to open it. They travel for many hours, even eating and sleeping in the saddle. They finally arrive at a yurt city where there are a multitude of races evident. A messenger is sent into the city and returns with Yeh-lu. Sable draws a map and manages to convey the rifts in earth's time. Before long, they are taken to the Emperor and are shocked to discover the Emperor in question is Genghis Khan.

The King decides to send a thousand troops up the Indus valley to Jamrud, and after several days they arrive. Casey embraces Bisesa...