Forty Tribes Rising

When Oirat horsemen burn the high pastures, the Kyrgyz clans scatter like ash in wind. Only old Bakai, the manaschy who carries genealogies in his cracked voice, insists a child of prophecy will come—and with him, the colt born in the same hour.That child is Manas. Strong enough to break an axe handle before he can read, generous enough to give away his father's finest coat, reckless enough to inv...