Silk Roads and Shadows

Alexandra, sister of the dying Emperor of Byzantium, undertakes a mission to smuggle live silkworms from the mysterious Empire of Ch'in. Hounded by ferocious sorcery and an array of magical helpers, she must walk the length of the known world to save an empire threatened by her very existence.

• Author
• Susan Shwartz

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 352

• Publisher
• Tor Books

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780812554113

• Genres
• fantasy, fiction, china

• Release date
• 1988