It is late in the 13th century, the twilight of Christendom in the Holy Land. The Mamluks, the slave warriors of Islam, have overthrown their masters and now control the Egyptian Sultanate.
Only the port city of Acre remains in the hands of the Crusaders. The boys in Brother Foulques de Villaret’s Army of Children are approaching manhood, but their training is far from complete. Foulques needs more time. The Hospitallers, Templars, and Teutonics all need more time. Before preparations can be made, the Mamluks are at the gates of Acre. And in their midst, is a man Foulques knows only too well: a terrifying Mamluk warrior named Badru Hashim, the Northman.
Mamluk is the second book in J. K. Swift’s Hospitaller Saga. It tells the story of the siege of Acre, a long, bloody struggle for the last Christian-controlled city during the waning days of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
