The first of five books in the Pagan Chronicles, Pagan's Crusade is brimming with action, down-and-dirty details of medieval life - and a healthy helping of sarcasm.
"Wham! So here I am, standing in a sea of dirt, with a big mad Templar lobbing rocks at my head. Wham! Like some kind of martyr. Wham! He throws like a catapult.
'All right, Pagan, that's enough' (I should damn well think so.) Do you see what your problem is?'
Wait -- don't tell me. You are."
Twelfth Century Jerusalem -- the time of the Crusades. Sixteen-year-old Pagan is assigned to work for Lord Roland, a Templar knight. Set against a background of mounting tension as the Infidels, led by Saladin, close in one the Holy City, 'Pagan's Crusade' sympathetically traces the relationship between the knight and his squire as Roland emerges as both mentor and friend for the orphaned Pagan.
Catherine Jink's exuberant -- and very funny -- novel masterfully intertwines thrilling action with a deeply personal story. 'Pagan's Crusade' is an exciting, moving and thoroughly satisfying experience.
