Lion's Heart

Lion's Heart by Karen Wehrstein. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780671720445.

So little time...Set in the world of S.M Stirling and Shirley Meiers The Cage, this is the story of Chevenga, master warrior and the greatest ruler his people would ever know. Chevenga knows his destiny from a vision: to preserve his people from barbarian invasions--and he also knows his fate: to die at the hand of an assassin while still young. In his short life Chevenga has much to do, and little time to do it in. If his people cannot freely accept his rulership he must use whatever means are necessary to make them recognize him for what he is.