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Siege Perilous
First published 2014
Ocyrhoe, a fugitive carrying a chalice of uncertain power, reaches the Cathar stronghold of Montségur as forces loyal to the French crown and the Church close around it. She joins a community already marked for destruction and attempts to protect both the cup and the people whose pacifism leaves them exposed to siege.
Percival, the Shield-Brethren knight haunted by visions of the Holy Grail, is drawn to the same mountain. Their paths converge as military assault, inquisitorial power and competing interpretations of the chalice turn the historical fall of Montségur into a conflict between faith, survival and legend.
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