God's Scarlet Fury
Reeks: The Dark Ages Saga of Tristan de Saint-Germain
Robert E. Hirsch
- A
- bishop’s
- vows
- are
- tested
- by
- the
- epic
- eleventh-century
- battle
- between
- East
- and
- West,
- in
- this
- compelling
- novel
- of
- the
- Crusades.It
- is
- the
- year
- 1097.
- The
- violent
- warrior
- class
- of
- Western
- Europe
- is
- marching
- against
- the
- Islamic
- Seljuk
- Empire
- to
- recapture
- Jerusalem
- at
- the
- plea
- of
- Pope
- Urban
- II,
- igniting
- a
- searing
- inferno
- of
- war,
- betrayal,
- and
- intrigue
- as
- two
- worlds
- collide—East
- against
- West,
- Christians
- against
- Muslims.
- Caught
- in
- this
- vicious
- conflict,
- Bishop
- Tristan
- de
- Saint-Germain
- strives
- to
- balance
- religious
- vows,
- loyalty
- to
- the
- pope,
- and
- his
- life-long
- love
- for
- Mala
- the
- Romani,
- the
- beautiful
- girl
- he
- met
- as
- a
- child
- just
- before
- entering
- the
- monastery
- of
- the
- Black
- Monks
- in
- France.Tested
- by
- separations,
- the
- death
- of
- their
- firstborn
- child,
- the
- threat
- of
- eternal
- damnation,
- and
- now
- annihilation,
- Tristan
- and
- Mala
- struggle
- against
- the
- raging
- tides
- of
- cultural
- and
- religious
- intolerance
- to
- remain
- together
- in
- an
- age
- of
- inflexible
- Catholic
- doctrine
- and
- holy
- war.
- Finding
- support
- in
- Queen
- Irene
- and
- Emperor
- Alexius
- of
- Byzantium,
- they
- are
- challenged
- by
- Archbishop
- Adhémar
- of
- Le
- Puy,
- rigid
- moralist
- and
- leader
- of
- the
- First
- Holy
- Crusade;
- Tafur,
- the
- perverse
- “Beggar
- King”;
- and
- Lord
- Desmond
- DuLac,
- hated
- specter
- of
- the
- Saint-Germain
- family
- past.
- Time
- alone
- shall
- direct
- the
- outcome
- as
- humanity
- awakens
- the
- wrathful
- hand
- of
- God’s
- scarlet fury
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