Books like Orion

It's ok I guess.The antagonist could've prevented Orion from spoiling his plans, he is clearly shown to be far more powerful than our protagonist yet instead of capturing him in person or any number of other actions he lets Orion prance about especially at Kharakhurem were they fight a duel for Ogedei's favor and wit only taking direct action once. I mean he could've easily left him with bloody stumps.That aside the author makes huge errors not only in historical accuracy but also in logic. Credit, where credit is due Ben Bova, does show he did some research such as using Temujin as Chinggis Khaan's name with Chinggis being a title, but he makes up a great deal where he does not know this is fine for small details this is fiction but some are too huge to ignore.1st. The Yuan empire, the Mongol successor state with Chinese influence, had half its territory in historically Chinese lands. The others became influenced by Turks, Persians, etc because these were the people they interacted with. The Golden Ulus became Muslim because of political reasons for example. Had the Mongols been allowed to conquer Europe the ruling elite would just be replaced with a mixture of Mongol and European nobility and some Mongol institutions. 2nd. Safe travel and laws is just one of the hallmarks of the Mongols. Their legacy must also include ideas for they implemented many that would not be seen again until our modern institutions. Religious freedom, meritocracy, logical decimal units and trade allowed the free flow of ideas from East to West and vice versa. This exchange of ideas is believed by many to have kickstarted many of our modern innovations.A few examples would include gunpowder, paper money, and a book on Mongol history was a best seller in the colonies and in the library of some of the founding fathers possibly inspiring parts of the U.S constitution to name just a few just a few examples.3rd. Kharakhurum was built to be the impartial administrative and technological heart of the empire, it was organized with every major sub-division of the empire having its own district, thus could the greatest scholars and learned men, which the Mongols attracted and swayed at every opportunity, discuss the merits of any idea plainly without any baggage as to whether it was Chinese, Persian, Korean, etc as would happen in their homelands.4th. Mongolia is not just the Gobi desert, I mean there's a place nearby Kharakhorum which can be translated to "sudden sand" or sth because it's a large patch of sand surrounded by miles upon miles of grassland.How all of Eurasia would be turned under assimilating waves from the East just baffles me, I mean even then the Chinese themselves were ahead or on par with the Europeans in many fields. The timeline seems to be as alterable as you want so long as humanity does not become extinct and makes it into space eventually. So the whole episode in Mongolia just seems weird to me. I mean even a little lie could've left Orion protecting Ogedai for the last few days but Ahriman does literally nothing.For me at least, the book just worsens as it nears the end, so all told a meh.