During a truce in the Third Crusade the camps of the Christians and the Saracens become the stage for a story of disguise healing and mutual respect A poor Scottish knight navigates the political treachery of the European princes while forming a bond with the noble Saladin The novel challenges the binary view of the holy war presenting the Sultan as a paragon of chivalry equal to Richard the Lionheart It is a high adventure that explores the univ...