The year is 1274 and in the fortified city of Acre, the last major stronghold of the Crusaders
in Palestine, an epic conflict is just beginning. Will Campbell is a Templar Knight trained for
war, but as a member of the mysterious group known as the Brethren he is also a man of peace.
After years of bloodshed, the Brethren have helped to create a truce between the Christians and
Muslims. But Will now fears that they have been betrayed. King Edward of England, their once
trusted patron, has made a promise to the pope that he will lead a new Crusade, while in Acre
itself an even greater threat is growing. A ruthless cabal of Western merchants, profiteering
from slaves and armaments, has devised a shocking plan to reignite hostilities in the Holy Land.
Meanwhile, in Egypt, Sultan Baybars is caught in a power struggle. His eldest son, and heir to
the kingdom, has become involved in the dangerous designs of the insidious soothsayer, Khadir.
While Baybars wants to take on the mighty Mongol empire, Khadir and others want to destroy the
Christians once and for all. With the sultan.s son scheming against his own family, old scars
of the Crusades are quickly uncovered and new wounds appear. As war looms, Will is torn between
his oath as a Templar, his secret role in the Brethren and his duty to Elwen, the woman he loves
but is forbidden to marry. And when his old friend . and foe . Garin de Lyons arrives on
a mission for King Edward, Will.s life begins a devastating slide towards chaos and destruction.

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