The New Jerusalem

<p><strong><em>Anno Domini </em>1190-1191</strong></p><p><strong>Lord Robert de Borron</strong> and his companions continue their dangerous adventure. It will transport them from twelfth-century Iberia to an abbey in England. </p><p>           In the first century A D<strong> Saint Joseph</strong> flees Jerusalem and departs on a perilous sea voyage to the mysterious isle called <strong>Avalon</strong>. A serial killer stalks him and his family.</p><p>           Lord Robert is tempted by a widowed Iberian princess who delays him from his holy quest. A former dead enemy returns with the unseen<em> </em><strong><em>Hashishiyya</em></strong> (secret sect of assassins) to bring death and destruction to Lord Robert's companions. Both a Muslim and a Jewish scholar help Lord Robert use the mystical <strong><em>Kabbalah</em></strong> to seek manuscripts written by the forgotten disciple. </p><p>           The demonic machinations of Cardinal Folquet and his knights thwart Lord Robert's progress but a bull-fighting dog joins Lord Robert and his warrior friends to stop the cardinal and the assassins. What secrets lie hidden on the <strong>Isle of Glass</strong>? Who put them there?</p><p>           Finally Saint Joseph reaches the ancient Druid college of Avalon. He knows a secret that will shock the Christian faith. However Lord Robert is sworn to secrecy until the next grail seeker comes.</p>