Audio Book Description:
May 1565. Suleiman the Magnificent, emperor of the Ottomans, has declared a jihad againstthe Knights of Saint John the Baptist-who call themselves"The Religion"-and his armada is approaching their stronghold on the island of Malta. In Sicily, a French countess, Carla La Penautier, seekspassage to Malta in a quest to find her son, taken at birth twelve years ago. The only man with expertise and daring to helpher is a strapping Saxonadventurer, arms dealer, and soldier of fortune by the name of Mattias Tannhauser. He agrees to accompany the lady toMalta, where, amid the mostspectacular siege in military history, they must try to find the unnamed boy-whose face they have never seen-and pluck him from the jaws of Holy War.
