The Iron Lance

In the year 1095 Pope Urban II declared war on the infidel. Kings princes and lords throughout Europe have joined the Crusade. To Murdo Ranulfson has fallen the duty of guarding his family''s interests while his father and brothers fight to win Jerusalem. But when corrupt clergy prove enemies rather than protectors Murdo must leave his native Scotland in search of his father. In the company of monks and warriors he journeys far beyond the rolling fields of home beyond the fabled Constantinople and the brooding walls of Antioch to the Holy Land and the sword points of the Saracens. There where blood suffering and human evil at its most horrifying are shot through with rays of the miraculous he obtains the relic that will guide his life and the lives of his descendants for centuries. And there he grows from a callow youth to a man trading cynicism for faith and selfishness for the heart of a leader. Steeped in heroism treachery and the clamor of battle The Iron Lance begins a remarkable masterfully woven epic trilogy of a Scottish noble family fighting for its existence and its faith during the age of the Great Crusades -- and of a secret society that will shape history for a thousand years.