Prologue
Mosul, Iraq, 71 AH
Qasim ibn Habib walked among the tents, taking care not to draw any suspicion. But he needn’t worried.
Dressed in armor, a mail shirt, with a hefty sword on his side, he looked like any other soldier. And all around him were thousands of other soldiers.
Most of them were bustling back and forth, either watering animals, preparing their gear, or carrying messages. A few prayed or read Quran.