'The empire stretches across the world map, pink ~ like the blotches on a drunkards face.' The Warlord has stolen the greatest treasure that the 5th Worlde has ever known. He flees the Orient accompanied by a ragged Holy Man, and a Templar Knight. Old King Henry, the Lion of Bavaria, is murdered. Queen Matilda plots to seize the throne and use the might of Bavaria to reclaim her title ~ the true Queen of England and its empire. War rages across the world as plots and intrigue engulf the Principalities Milo and his brother Ziggy, are poor Bavarian country boys, fresh from the battle of Bronhöved, they are now caught up in the Great War, as the fight for Germania begins. Book 3 of the Alchemy series.