Part Three, Encounters & Alliances: Chapters 22- 24 Summary

Genghis Khan waits for his advisors to gather information. The warriors are not thrilled with Sable's interest, and one tries to remove her jumpsuit but Sable breaks his leg in two places and is then viewed with more respect. Koyla begins to feel nervous around her, and spends his time with Yeh-lu, the empire's chief administrator, helping him create a world map that he has Chinese scribes transfer to silk. Koyla advises Genghis Khan to go to the valley of the Indus, and Sable insists that Khan can secure the entire planet's rule by going to Babylon. Koyla discourages her, but Sable is oddly primal in her behavior.

Captain Grove, Bisesa Abdikadir, De Morgan, Ruddy and Josh answer King Alexander's summons. Eumenes briefs Bisesa on the protocol, and the obeisance necessary. They share...