A young Englishman, Tom Swan, has been ordered by his Cardinal to find a spy-a traitor. At the same time, a rich merchant has offered him a great deal of money to-well, to steal something. Something that belonged to Alexander the Great.
Suddenly he's not a thief or a merchant or a scholar-he's a 'donat' or volunteer with the knights of St. John, the famous 'Hospitallers,' and he's in the middle of a losing war to hold the Aegean against the Turks. He'd like to steal the ring, kiss the girl, and catch the spy, but there's a war...
Christian Cameron is a writer and military historian. He participates in re-enacting and experimental archaeology, teaches armoured fighting and historical swordsmanship, and takes his vacations with his family visiting battlefields, castles and cathedrals. He lives in Toronto and is busy writing his next novel.