A National Book Award nominee Returning to the same era of his In a Dark Wood Cadnums majestic novel part mystery part history chronicles the pageantry and brutality of the Crusades under King Richard Edmund a young apprentice is awaiting punishment as a counterfeiter when a knight intervenes on his behalf and compels Edmund to join Richard Lionhearts forces in the Holy Land There amidst the savagery of the twelfth century Crusades Edmund learns both courage and compassion and discovers that cruelty is sometimes considered the will of Heaven Set in medieval England and the war torn shores of the Middle East Cadnums tale weaves together a rich tapestry of storms at sea the brutality of hand to hand combat and one of the classic horse and lance battles in recorded history the Battle of Arsuf A National Book Award nominee Returning to the same era of his In a Dark Wood Cadnum s majestic novel part mystery part history chronicles the pageantry and brutality of the Crusades under King Richard Edmund a young apprentice is awaiting punishment as a counterfeiter when a knight intervenes on his behalf and compels Edmund to join Richard Lionheart s forces in the Holy Land There amidst the savagery of the twelfth century Crusades Edmund learns both courage and compassion and discovers that cruelty is sometimes considered the will of Heaven Set in medieval England and the war torn shores of the Middle East Cadnum s tale weaves together a rich tapestry of storms at sea the brutality of hand to hand combat and one of the classic horse and lance battles in recorded history the Battle of Arsuf Returning to the same era of his In a Dark Wood Cadnum s majestic novel part mystery part history chronicles the pageantry and brutality of the Crusades under King Richard - from Amzon