Pilgrim Abacus of stunning historical research lightly

of stunning historical research lightly worn

The author of the acclaimed Sour Sweet presents a sweeping historical novel about corruption and greed

ordinary people struggle to come to terms with a China that has radically changed since 1949

plague and thwarted love

and the society that put it on trial

Pilgrim Abacus of stunning historical research lightly1212 and the forces of Christendom are on the march again. Twenty five years ago, the Christian army lay slaughtered on the desolate plain of Hattin, slaughtered by Mighty Saladin, ruler of the Moslem world. The Holy Land seemed lost. The Pope has called for crusade. Many take the cross for pilgrimage and battle. Among them is Otto, a young noble in search of his vanished Hospitaller Knight Father. And tens of thousands of children, pledged to