The West is on the march again.
Nearly fifty years after the bloody First Crusade, Byzantium, Queen of Cities, watches nervously as the Second Crusade approaches.
Will it bring the fire and devastation of the first? Not if Ruadhan and Oliver can help it:
Byzantium is their adopted home. But even as they try to keep the peace, will they be able to stay true to each other in the face of deceit and betrayal?