Set in the time of the third crusade a king in the borders area of what we now know as England/Scotland is keen to explore the new religion which has been sweeping his kingdom replacing the old ways. He feels a certain pressure to make these changes and so he sends his second son Luke off to the holy land to find out all he can. His reluctant son is forced on this quest, and this book is all about his journey, what he finds when he gets there, and the effect it has on him and his father's kingdom when he returns...