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The Last Crusade: A Novel
The Crusades. Richard the Lionheart. Saladin. And an unlikely friendship of warrior kings that all leads to the discovery of a lifetime...
An Adventures Unlimited Novel
It is the Third Crusade, and Richard the Lionheart leads his men toward Jerusalem with the intent to seize control from his nemesis, Saladin. However, a higher power has something else planned for these powerful foes...and a quest for a religious relic detours these adversaries from their religious war to a journey across a vast desert to a legendary mountain that is as treacherous as it is magnificent.
Richard's enemy must become his ally if they are to survive. Lives are at stake, and others are interested in the treasure, too. Not to mention, there's gold and everyone wants it.
In The Last Crusade , acclaimed adventure author K.T. Tomb pits two kings against each other. Each must sacrifice some of his pride and power in order to fulfill a divine command of obedience on their dangerous quest for the greatest treasure the world has ever known...
An Adventures Unlimited Novel
It is the Third Crusade, and Richard the Lionheart leads his men toward Jerusalem with the intent to seize control from his nemesis, Saladin. However, a higher power has something else planned for these powerful foes...and a quest for a religious relic detours these adversaries from their religious war to a journey across a vast desert to a legendary mountain that is as treacherous as it is magnificent.
Richard's enemy must become his ally if they are to survive. Lives are at stake, and others are interested in the treasure, too. Not to mention, there's gold and everyone wants it.
In The Last Crusade , acclaimed adventure author K.T. Tomb pits two kings against each other. Each must sacrifice some of his pride and power in order to fulfill a divine command of obedience on their dangerous quest for the greatest treasure the world has ever known...
160 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 18, 2014
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K.T. Tomb
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K.T. Tomb enjoys traveling the world when not writing adventure thrillers. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she's hard at work on her next novel. Please find her at:
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K.T. Tomb enjoys traveling the world when not writing adventure thrillers. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she's hard at work on her next novel. Please find her at:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kttomb7
Twitter: www.twitter.com/KT_Tomb
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
December 14, 2015
Those who follow my reviews know that I love a good Plantagenet story. You also know that I am more willing than most to give an indie author a shot. But this book....
I was greeted by dialog such as this on the first few pages:
"I watched you in the battle at Acre. Speak freely!"
"Your Majesty, I have urgent news from near Jerusalem. Is that where you travel, to fight Saladin again?"
"Yes. This time, we shall finish him off. What is your news?"
"Our Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa is dead."
Stilted. Inaccurate. Oh, Richard, remember that the HRE is Barbarossa? And I'm not even going to go into the puns.
Yet, I persevered.
Then the alternate history element of the story began. At least I assume that's what it was when Richard the Lionheart expresses guilt over the number of his infidel enemies that lie dead. I'm sure that Richard I had many feelings about his time in Outremer, but if he felt any guilt it was probably over not killing enough of his enemy to retake Jerusalem. I could be wrong.
Once Richard decides to partner with Saladin in order to go on a quest for the Holy Grail, he also begins doubting Christianity. I'm not naive enough to believe that every man who went on crusade did so because he was devout, but for Richard to say, "It is the same God that we both worship," was taking things a little too far. Not as far as when the French speaking king who spent little time in his island kingdom wished for a "good English tea," but still too far.
I know, I know. I can accept teaming up with Saladin to search for the Holy Grail, but not the mention of English tea 600 years too early, but there it is.
I was greeted by dialog such as this on the first few pages:
"I watched you in the battle at Acre. Speak freely!"
"Your Majesty, I have urgent news from near Jerusalem. Is that where you travel, to fight Saladin again?"
"Yes. This time, we shall finish him off. What is your news?"
"Our Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa is dead."
Stilted. Inaccurate. Oh, Richard, remember that the HRE is Barbarossa? And I'm not even going to go into the puns.
Yet, I persevered.
Then the alternate history element of the story began. At least I assume that's what it was when Richard the Lionheart expresses guilt over the number of his infidel enemies that lie dead. I'm sure that Richard I had many feelings about his time in Outremer, but if he felt any guilt it was probably over not killing enough of his enemy to retake Jerusalem. I could be wrong.
Once Richard decides to partner with Saladin in order to go on a quest for the Holy Grail, he also begins doubting Christianity. I'm not naive enough to believe that every man who went on crusade did so because he was devout, but for Richard to say, "It is the same God that we both worship," was taking things a little too far. Not as far as when the French speaking king who spent little time in his island kingdom wished for a "good English tea," but still too far.
I know, I know. I can accept teaming up with Saladin to search for the Holy Grail, but not the mention of English tea 600 years too early, but there it is.
July 18, 2017
This is a story that had a lot of potential. What spoilt it for me was the dialogue (just read the first page) and the fact that it seemed incredibly rushed - what could have been a full-length novel squeezed into a novella.
Disappointing.
Disappointing.
February 20, 2014
When I picked this up I did not realize it was only 100 pages long. In order to be a good book over that short a length, you need to have a lot go right. This book did not. It has a plot that could easily extend several hundred pages, which would allow for some character development. Instead, it relies on a whole lot of suspension of disbelief. And then it ends. My review is brief, to match the book.
March 21, 2014
I was hoping the book was going to actually be about the crusades, but it was just a alternate ending.
January 30, 2016
Interesting short story, but lacked any punch.
February 24, 2014
different take on the ending of the final crusade, enjoyable story
April 9, 2017
Terrible
I know this is a fiction, but it's a lame one, obviously written by some Christian with a superficial idea of Islam. For one; Muslims don't believe in the Holy Grail, in fact, they believe it's a blasphemy! Total waste of time.
I know this is a fiction, but it's a lame one, obviously written by some Christian with a superficial idea of Islam. For one; Muslims don't believe in the Holy Grail, in fact, they believe it's a blasphemy! Total waste of time.
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