Publisher's Synopsis
A disgraced knight tests his mettle to save king and kingdom.
ENGLAND: In the year of grace, 1189
Having recently been dubbed knights by King Richard the Lionheart, Drake fitzAlan and his brother are lavishly fêted in a tournament on the grounds of their father's castle. But before he's had a chance to test his manhood, Drake finds himself branded murderer and outlaw for the gruesome slaying of a fellow knight.
Drake has two choices: lose everything he holds dear ... or prove his innocence.
Assuming a disguise to hunt down the killer, Drake encounters chases on and off a horse, fights with and without a sword, and romantic trysts in and out of bed. Along the way, he fends off hangmen, sheriffs, scoundrels, bastards, mercenaries, cutthroats, and the sharp-tongued daughter of an alewife who tends his wounds, feeds him gossip, and drives him mad with desire.
His journey of discovery leads him on a trail of power, betrayal, treason, and greed where the stakes are high, not just for himself and his family but for the destiny of a king and his kingdom.
Drake becomes the man he wants to be instead of the boy he's been until now, sadder but wiser and carrying the scars of his ordeal, some more visible than others. He has one last duty to perform ... a duel of honor before God and king.
Get swept away by knights in shining armor and gallantry at the edge of a blade!
