Book Two: The Rightful Heir

Raoul de Metz is bored with his grandmother’s oppressive concern for his safety. Stifled by his narrow life in Valsemé Castle in Normandy, he longs for freedom and adventure. When he encounters a band of Breton minstrels, Raoul seizes his opportunity to escape. His sheltered childhood proves to be an inadequate preparation for the challenges and temptations that await him on the road, however – not least in the Enchanted Forest of Brocéliande. Dreaming still of knighthood and glory, when Raoul seizes his chance to join King Louis’s Crusade, he does not suspect that his acting talents will prove even more useful in the deserts of Arabia than they had in the castles of Normandy.

Must Raoul succumb to the tragic fate foreseen for him by a Breton witch, or can he find a chance to regain his stolen inheritance?