As Eagles Fly

The handsome and aristocratic diplomat Lord Athelstan knows he is heading for trouble on his mission to the Caucasus to investigate how long the legendary Shamyl, the Imam of Daghestan, can hold out against the invading Russians. But little does he expect to be faced with another kind of conflict, with a beautiful young hostage imprisoned in the Imam’s stronghold. The lovely Natasha is only 19 and she was seized along with a royal party by the Imam’s followers and held for ransom against the release of the Imam’s only son by the Russians. Orphaned, she has no hope of raising a ransom, and instead has reluctantly agreed to be given to the Sultan of Turkey for his vast harem in return for the release of her 9-year-old brother.