Gentlemen of the Road
- ISBN-10
- 0345502078
- ISBN-13
- 9780345502070
- Series
- Gentlemen of the Road
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 206
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Random House Digital, Inc.
- Author
- Michael Chabon
Description
In the Kingdom of Aran, in the Caucasus Mountains, in 950 A.D., two adventurers wander the region, plying their trade as swords for hire, until they become embroiled in a bloody coup in the medieval Jewish empire of the Khazars as bodyguards for a fugitive prince with a mysterious secret. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
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