Maiden Forgotten ~ would You promote your Daughters to rule instead of your sons? (Twelve Cursed Maidens ~ Book 2)
Chinggis Khan rules a huge empire that stretches from the Great Wall of China to the grasslands of Hungary. But his sons Jochi, Chagatai, Ogedei, and Tolui are not worthy successors.
Jochi is blighted by illegitimacy because his mother was captured by a local clan lord. By the time Chinggis Khan was able to get her back, she was pregnant. None of his sons will accept Jochi as his successor even though he is the eldest son, especially not his second son Chagatai.
Should Chagatai be his successor? But he is hot-headed and impulsive, and would destroy his father’s empire in no time.
Ogedei is a shrewd politician, and would probably be able to handle the conflicting claims of the various tribes Chinggis Khan had to bring to heel to create his empire. But he is so often lost in an alcoholic haze.
Then there is Tolui, a military genius like his father, but without his father’s shrewdness or charisma.
What to do? Chinggis Khan finally decides to marry four of his daughters to powerful war lords whose kingdoms are strung along the Silk Road.
But what will happen after his death? Will his daughters continue to rule, or will their brothers snatch their land from them?