#1 – Knights of the Black and White
After the First Crusade, Hugh de Payens returns from the Holy Land disillusioned by the violence committed in the name of faith. He belongs to an older, secret brotherhood of noble families that believes a dangerous body of knowledge lies beneath the Temple Mount and that…
#2 – Standard of Honor
After the crusader army is destroyed at Hattin in 1187, the wounded Templar Alexander Sinclair escapes the execution of captured knights by concealing his identity. Two years later, Richard I prepares to lead the Third Crusade, and the St. Clair family is again drawn east through…
#3 – Order in Chaos
On 13 October 1307, Philip IV orders the arrest of the Knights Templar throughout France and seizes their property. Forewarned, William St. Clair escapes with a body of knights, the order’s treasure and Lady Jessica Randolph, while those left behind face imprisonment, interrogation and the destruction…