Hospitaller Saga

What hope does an army of children have against the might of the Mamluks?

Brother Foulques de Villaret just wants to stay in Acre and perform his sworn duties. Instead, the young Hospitaller Knight of Saint John must undertake a dangerous journey from the Holy Land to a remote village nestled in the Alps, the “Spine of the World”. His mission:...

Trained in the warrior arts of the Furusiyya since children, the very meaning of the word Mamluk is “to be owned”.

They have defeated their Muslim enemies, crushed the unstoppable Mongol horde, and now turn their full attention to the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem. Only the port city of Acre remains in the hands of the Crusaders. The boys in...

“…if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.” -Romans 13:4

1291 A.D. The Hospitaller Order is decimated. Acre is lost. The only home Foulques has ever known has been razed to the ground by the Mamluks. Only by the grace of God does he...

1310 AD. There is a new power in the Aegean, and its ships fly the black and white of the Knights of Saint John.

Thomas Schwyzer has served the black knights for as long as he can remember. He would do anything for Grandmaster Foulques and his fellow brother sergeants. They are his family. His friends. Without them he would have no place in this...