At the least I am sure, and I believe that you, my sister, will
agree with me, that, above and beyond its terrors and its
pitfalls, Imagination has few finer qualities, and none, perhaps,
more helpful to our hearts, than those which enable us for an
hour to dream that men and women, their fortunes and their fate,
are as we would fashion them.

H. Rider Haggard. To Mrs. Maddison Green.



Contents:

Author's Note
Prologue
Chapter One: By the Waters of Death Creek
Chapter Two: Sir Andrew D'Arcy
Chapter Three: The Knighting of the Brethren
Chapter Four: The Letter of Saladin
Chapter Five: The Wine Merchant
Chapter Six: The Christmas Feast at Steeple
Chapter Seven: The Banner of Saladin
Chapter Eight: The Widow Masouda
Chapter Nine: The Horses Flame and Smoke
Chapter Ten: On Board the Galley
Chapter Eleven: The City of Al-je-bal
Chapter Twelve: The Lord of Death
Chapter Thirteen: The Embassy
Chapter Fourteen: The Combat on the Bridge
Chapter Fifteen: The Flight to Emesa