Crusade (Vol. 2 Brotherhood Trilogy)

War, passion, and intrigue during the Crusades. The second volume of the Brotherhood Trilogy. Will Campbell is a Templar knight trained for war. But he is also a member of the Anima Templi, popularly known as the Brotherhood—a secret society within the Templar Order whose goal is to foster peace between different religions. After years of bloodshed in the Holy Land, the Brotherhood finally orchestrates a delicate truce between the Christian and Muslim armies. However, the Anima Templi uncovers evidence of a conspiracy by a group of Western merchants planning to reignite the conflict between Christians and Mamluks (ancestors of the Arabs) by profiting from arms sales to both sides. As if that weren't enough, King Edward, once a trusted member of the Brotherhood, promises the Pope that he will take the cross of Jerusalem and lead a new crusade. To prevent this from happening, Will turns to the right-hand man of the Egyptian Sultan Baybars, Emir Kalawun, who tries to protect his daughter from the perversions of her husband, the Sultan's cruel son, who plans to dethrone his father and subjugate the Mamluks.