Pilgrim Abacus but their friends are all

but their friends are all dying

and the society that put it on trial

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

Naomi Ishiguro's ESCAPE ROUTES matches the inventiveness of David Mitchell with the fairy-tale allure of Angela Carter

Pilgrim Abacus but their friends are all1212 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