What do you think?
Rate this book
Kingdoms of Scars: Baldwin, Saladin, and the Price of Piety
Two kings. One holy city. And the God who demands everything.
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem was thirteen when his tutor noticed he couldn't feel pain in his arm. By twenty-four, he would be dead—but not before becoming the only Christian king to defeat Saladin in open battle, not before holding together a kingdom that wanted to tear itself apart, not before proving that a man can be more than his dying body.
Saladin of Egypt and Syria spent a lifetime building an empire for one to reclaim Jerusalem for Islam. He was not cruel. He was not fanatical. He was patient—and patience, in the end, conquers everything.
Kingdoms of Scars tells the story of their the battles that shocked the medieval world, the truces that baffled it, and the strange respect between two enemies who understood the cost of faith better than anyone around them.
This is not a story of good versus evil. It's a story of two men who believed completely—and paid for that belief with everything they had.
A sweeping epic of courage, conviction, and the indelible scars left by war and faith on the landscape of history.
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem was thirteen when his tutor noticed he couldn't feel pain in his arm. By twenty-four, he would be dead—but not before becoming the only Christian king to defeat Saladin in open battle, not before holding together a kingdom that wanted to tear itself apart, not before proving that a man can be more than his dying body.
Saladin of Egypt and Syria spent a lifetime building an empire for one to reclaim Jerusalem for Islam. He was not cruel. He was not fanatical. He was patient—and patience, in the end, conquers everything.
Kingdoms of Scars tells the story of their the battles that shocked the medieval world, the truces that baffled it, and the strange respect between two enemies who understood the cost of faith better than anyone around them.
This is not a story of good versus evil. It's a story of two men who believed completely—and paid for that belief with everything they had.
A sweeping epic of courage, conviction, and the indelible scars left by war and faith on the landscape of history.
387 pages, Paperback
Published December 25, 2025
About the author
Robert Walker
426 books4 followersLibrarian note:
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
This profile may contain books from multiple authors of this name
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
This profile may contain books from multiple authors of this name
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
No one has reviewed this book yet.