Here, also, a beautiful and innocent, if not pious, woman is to be burned as a heretic. Saving the lady, Genevieve, from her dread fate will brand Thomas an infidel, forcing them to flee together across a landscape of blood and fire. And what looms ahead is a battle to the death that could ultimately shape the future of Christendom.
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- Already a seasoned veteran of King Edward's army, young Thomas of Hookton possesses the fearlessness of a born leader and an uncanny prowess with the longbow.
- Now, at the head of a small but able band of soldiers, he has been dispatched to capture the castle of Astarac.
- But more than duty to his liege has brought him to Gascony, home of his forebears and the hated black knight who brutally slew Thomas's father.
- It is also the last place where the Holy Grail was reported seen.