![]() ![]() ![]() The story weaves these characters stories together in a epic story of love, lust, and loyalties. The story follows this invasion and centers upon a number of characters that included the Khmer prince Jayavar and his chief wife who both escaped into the jungle, the brutal Cham king, Indravarman, also a young woman who is taken on her wedding day and given to a Cham general, and a poor family of Khmer fishermen. The Chams took the country by surprise and proceeded to enslave the population and plunder the treasure of the Khmer Empire, including that of the great temple. ![]() In 1177 the Khmer Empire was overrun by the Chams who came from what is now central Vietnam. These are the people who build the great temple of Angkor Wat. Temple of a Thousand Faces by John Shors is set over a thousand years ago in the land of Cambodia known in those days as the Khmer Empire. ![]()
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