The sly merchandiser warrior, Waaloo, and his collection of refugees battle across a blasted landscape searching for safety. But there is none. Finally, they reach a fort city on the border of a dying empire and can only attain residence by delivering the peace-bride to the battleground between antiquity's two most powerful empires.

EAST is one of five novels delivery unique characters from the cardinal points into a crucial conflict, one of history's most misunderstood battles, one that clouds and perpetuates every modern fear.