Exciting epic story of a valiant warrior maiden and her forty warrior sisters as they battle to save their land from foreign invaders. The story is the national epic of the Karakalpak people of Central Asia. The epic is set in the middle ages. Told in modern English. Fast moving and gripping.
Although this story focuses on the retelling of the Gulaim myth from the Aral Sea area, the fable is well known throughout Uzbekistan, particularly around Termez where Gulaim’s stronghold is specifically identified and is a popular tourist site.