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240 pages, Hardcover
Published February 26, 2019
This is the follow-up to the series of novels that began with Palveränd (The Pilgrimage) (2008) and Kindel linn (Stronghold) (2011).
This historical fiction novel takes place in the Middle East in the 11th-century and tells of the final years of the first Crusade. The main character of the novel is a former knight who has been declared an outlaw.
Syria, 1098.
After a decisive battle, in which the crusaders succeeded in crushing the Muslim relief force under Antioch, the protagonist, one of the heroes of that battle, is declared an outlaw, and his lover is held hostage by the Normans. He begins his journey to reach his beloved, to unite the divided forces of the peasant army and to take it to Jerusalem. It is a journey through darkness. - translation of the Estonian language synopsis.