1. Daughter of War
The Crown of Aragon and Almohad Iberia, around 1200. Arnau de Vallbona serves the Knights Templar in a frontier society where castles, towns and noble households are tied to the continuing war between Christian and Muslim powers. A young woman caught in the violence forces him…
2. Last Emir
Iberia, early thirteenth century. Relics taken during centuries of conquest become the focus of a mission in which Arnau and his companions must cross political and religious boundaries. Christian lords, Almohad officials and local communities each understand the objects differently, making possession a source of authority…
3. City of God (Knights Templar)
Constantinople, 1203–1204. Arnau and the Templars enter the Byzantine capital as the Fourth Crusade abandons its original purpose and becomes entangled in the claims of Alexios IV Angelos. The immense city offers relics, wealth and political opportunity to crusaders already divided by debt and ambition. As…
4. The Winter Knight (Knights Templar)
The Holy Roman Empire, winter in the early thirteenth century. A murder at a remote castle draws Arnau into a household divided by inheritance, political allegiance and fear. Cut off by weather, the Templars must investigate among people who know that imperial justice may be too…
5. The Crescent and the Cross (Knights Templar)
Iberia, 1212. Christian kingdoms assemble for a major campaign against the Almohad caliph Muhammad al-Nasir, whose victory at Alarcos still shapes the frontier. Arnau enters an army united by crusading purpose but divided by royal rivalry, language and competing expectations of reward. Personal obligations draw him…
6. The Last Crusade (Knights Templar)
The Crown of Aragon, after years of campaigning. Arnau and his exhausted companions return to find the Templar stronghold of Rourell under a new preceptor and old arrangements deliberately overturned. Evidence suggests that the threat comes not from an external enemy but from within the order’s…