Dedication

To my friend, Jack, who knows his battle arts forward and backward.

Acknowledgments

I want to thank a few billion people for their help in putting together this novel. First, my number one fan, Jim Tedford, who supports me in all I do as an author. Then, of course, Jack Graham, my medieval warfare consultant. Also, Alex Hogan and the other authors at JAMELN for their critiquing and confidence., Skip Knox at Boise State University for the background information on the Crusade of 1101, and Alice Beckett for her painstaking editing and proofing.

Any lack in this work is my own omission and should not reflect on the talented people mentioned above. Nor should that list be considered complete: I owe a great deal to many people.

This is a work of fiction. Every person living or dead is either a product of my imagination or is my interpretation of a historical figure and should not be considered a faithful likeness.

Cover design by David Graham.

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