Darius awakens to discover the guards have been betting on him; Weili makes a plea; and Longwei reveals a frightening secret.
Darius awakes in a strange land, only to stumble into the midst of an assassination attempt—and once again finds himself fighting for his life.
When a fire destroys the Silk Store, Darius risks his life to save Weili and Arslan - only to face the consequences of the secret he...
Recovering from the raid, Darius hallucinates his way through a promotion ceremony, only to stumble into a new disaster.
Trapped in a deadly mountain pass, the caravan fights for survival as Darius faces his greatest test yet.
The Five Stars caravan is plagued by thievery, and Darius stumbles upon Arslan's dark secret.
Amid the hospitality of the Afghans, Longwei tells a story, and Darius's duel with Meilin ends with an unexpected trip to the Hakim's wagon.
Once close partners, Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban government now trade accusations of betrayal, revealing deeper crises of mistrust.
When the Taliban swept back into power in August 2021, they did more than reclaim Kabul—they began a radical experiment in governance. At its helm sits...
Afghanistan – the name evokes mental images of the “War on Terror,” of bombings, violence, humanitarian crises, and Western media declarations of the necessity of “liberating...