About the book: year / The valiant paladins, the liberators of the Holy Sepulcher, are leaving one after another. And their children are not always able to maintain the gains of their fathers. Proud barons argue about their rights with kings, regardless of either external danger or common sense. Meanwhile, the fate of the Crusader states hangs in the balance. Byzantium dreams of its former power. Emperor John is determined to take Antioch into his hands, but he has a rival - Immameddin Zengi, nicknamed the Terrible Emir. In order to keep the Holy Land under the rule of Rome, Pope Honorius takes an unprecedented step - he blesses the activities of the Order of the Poor Knights of the Temple, called upon to defend the Christian faith with arms in hand..