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Summary
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The year is 1191. The place is the Holy Land, where the knights of Christ are embroiled in a war with the armies of Islam. The prize is the holy city of Jerusalem. Led by Richard the Lionheart, the armies of the West are conducting a Crusade against the sultan Saladin. In Cyprus, the king's mother, Eleanor, has struck a devil's bargain to grant Richard victory at any cost. Only Sinan the sorcerer knows that victory will cost the king his immortal soul.
Original title: Devil's Bargain
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ Historical→ European→ Medieval
Fiction→ Fantasy→ Historical
This work is a subwork of the following works : Alternate Generals II (2002) [Anthology] Authors: Michael F. Flynn
, Harry Turtledove
, Judith Tarr
, S.M. Stirling
, Esther M. Friesner
, Susan M. Shwartz
, Roland J. Green
, Chris Bunch
, William Sanders
, Jim Fiscus
, Noreen Doyle
, R.M. Meluch
, Richard Foss
, Joel Richards
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