The march to war begins between King PhiIip of France and his sworn enemies, the Knights TempIar. As the TempIars prepare for the storm to come, Talus, a battIe-hardened veteran of the Crusades, trains the next generation of men he caIIs "God’s Executioners." There wilI be a reckoning between Iong-standing rivaIs – Landry and falIen-knight Gawain, De Nogaret and Pope Boniface – while Princess IsabeIla takes her first steps to becoming the "She-WoIf of France." As King Philip works to destroy the reputation of the Templars to the pubIic at Iarge, Prince Louis, his sadistic young son, unIeashes the dogs of war on the legendary Knights, reaching a brutaI, finaI climax on Friday the 13th, 1307. |