For centuries they have remained within the remote fastnesses of the Harukush Mountains. On the world of Kuf, the Macht are a mystery, a seldom-seen people of extraordinary ferocity and discipline whose prowess on the battlefield is the stuff of legend. The Great King of Asuria can call up whole nations to the battlefield. In the world beyond, the teeming races and peoples of Kuf have been united within the bounds of the Asurian Empire, which rules the known world, and is invincible. But now the Great King
2008. His word is law.