About the book: 2011 / 1565. The Knights of the Hospitaller Order, fortified on the island of Malta, are trying to resist the thousands of Turkish forces sent by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. So far they have succeeded, the Sultan's dreams of domination in the Mediterranean are not destined to come true. But Suleiman is cunning, cruel and stubborn, he intends to erase even the very name of the knightly order from people's memory. Thus begins the story of the siege of Malta - and the story of the desperately brave Englishman Christian Hardy, who by chance found himself among the besieged Hospitallers .The defenders of the island consider Christian a stranger - but he may be the one who will have to turn the tide of the war…