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The only thing young Christian Kehler intends to do this spring is to ride his horse around the Rhineland countryside with his friend Donnig behind him on Greybon’s back.To his distress, he is soon torn from his homeland in war devastated Germany and taken to a distant, barbaric country ruled by an empress named Catherine who has enticed his people with offers of free lands, homes and more. His parents and neighbors quickly accept and escape before Emperor Joseph closes the borders...