Alexander Segen’s novel turns to the events of the last months of the reign of the Iron Chromets. It is hard to count how many military campaigns Tamerlane had to take part in during his more than seventy years of life. He conquered all of Central Asia, crushed the vast Persian kingdom, won over the lands between the Tigris and Euphrates and the territories of the states of the North Caucasus. But that was not enough for him, and he began preparing for a campaign against China…