Resurrection — Robert Asprin; Eric Del Carlo

The magician Matokin has embarked on a rite of conquest. The city-states of the Isthmus are falling before his unstoppable army, soldiered by his fellow sorcerers, and commanded by a general whose tactics echo those of the legendary warlord, Dardas, who died in his own campaign of conquest more than two hundred and fifty years earlier...

In the flesh, Lord Weisel has been leading Matokin's forces to victory. In mind and spirit, it is Dardas himself -- resurrected by the magician and placed inside a host body. But Matokin's desire to unite the Isthmus's city-states under his rule has clouded his judgment. Dardas has ambitions of his own -- ambitions that have been unfulfilled for more than two centuries.

But Dardas hasn't been careful enough at hiding his true identity. Scholars familiar with Dardas's strategies have recognized his maneuvers...