The Third Crusade ends without glory; everyone searches for one of the pieces of the Lord’s Cross. The English family of Lord Lloyd is scattered across the Holy Land. And if the young knight Kai seeks the Holy Cross out of love for the Lord, his older brother Roland—out of greed, and their father John—out of duty, then what drives their guide, the hired killer Sabir? Perhaps love for a beautiful but deadly-sick Christian woman? And if not—who is he, friend or enemy?