Crusade
Unknown, Neil Gaiman, Various, Andy Kubert
Category: Action
Tags: Action
The year is 1274 and in the fortified city of Acre, the last major stronghold of the Crusaders in Palestine, an epic conflict is just beginning. Will Campbell is a Templar Knight trained for war, but as a member of the mysterious group known as the Brethren he is also a man of peace. After years of bloodshed, the Brethren have helped to create a truce between the Christians and Muslims. But Will now fears that they have been betrayed. King Edward of England, their once trusted patron, has made a promise to the pope that he will lead a new Crusade, while in Acre itself an even greater threat is growing. A ruthless cabal of Western merchants, profiteering from slaves and armaments, has devised a shocking plan to reignite hostilities in the Holy Land. Meanwhile, in Egypt, Sultan Baybars is caught in a power struggle. His eldest son, and heir to the kingdom, has become involved in the dangerous designs of the insidious soothsayer, Khadir. While Baybars wants to take on the mighty Mongol em
