In 1190, Robin Hood, Alan Dale and their companions join Richard I’s expedition to the Holy Land. The campaign carries them from Europe to the siege lines and battlefields of the Third Crusade, where Christian armies contend with Saladin and where rivalries among crusaders can be as dangerous as the opposing host.
Evidence that someone inside Robin’s own company intends to kill him turns the expedition into a private investigation. Alan must identify the traitor while surviving siege, disease and religious hatred. The novel links the Sherwood brotherhood to Richard’s war and tests whether loyalty formed outside the law can survive the discipline and fanaticism of a holy campaign.