succeed. This was the hidden enemy
whose presence he had sensed since coming to Orvieto. The force
determined to prevent the alliance of Christians and Tartars. The one
who had incited Orvieto's people against the Tartars when they first
came. Who had set that poor devil of a heretic to draw his dagger
against them in the cathedral. Alain's murderer. Stalker. Enemy. Killer.
Devil.

Hatred blazed up within Simon.

If only he could have killed the man in black or caught him before he
escaped. Now he must guard against an enemy as evil as Satan. An enemy
powerful enough to throw an army against a fortified palace, subtle
enough to reach into an impregnable chamber and strike at his intended
victims. A being whose strength and skills made him seem more than
human. Cruel and pitiless, ready to murder anyone who stood in his way.

It was as certain as the judgment of God that they would fight again.
This was war to the death.

To be concluded in
THE HOLY WAR
Book Two of THE SARACEN

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Robert Shea has given his full time to writing novels since 1977. He is
the co-author of the science-fiction novel ILLUMINATUS!, which won the
Hall of Fame Award of the Libertarian Futurist Society and was produced
as a play in the United States and in Europe. His historical novels are
SHIKE, set in medieval Japan, and ALL THINGS ARE LIGHTS, which, like THE
SARACEN, takes place in the era of the Crusades. He was a magazine
editor for twenty years and is also a prolific magazine writer. He lives
with his wife and son near Chicago.

IN THE SWEEPING FIRES OF THE
THIRTEENTH CENTURY,
A BOLD NEW WORLD
IS FORGED....

Into the furious whirlwind of war set off
by the bloody Crusades, one man dares
to step. His legacy belongs to the
Mamelukes, legendary warrior-slaves of
Egypt. His arsenal consists of no more than
a sword and a bag of jewels. His mission is
to enter Europe's powerful and treacherous
realms of king and pope, conspirator
and courtesan--and to single-handedly
turn the tide of battle between
continent and continent.

The man is the one they call the White
Emir, the blond assassin and spy skilled
in combat and sorcery, who moves
adeptly and lethally through the worlds
of b