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- Before the rise to dominance of Western Europe, there was a pivotal time in history when the world was consumed by the epic struggle between the Islamic Empire of the Ottomans and the Christian Kingdoms of Eastern Europe.
Two civilizations and two very different ways of life confronted each other. Those events shook the world and still reverberate in today’s headlines.
THE SWORD AND THE SHIELD OF THE REALM debuts the series MERCHANTS OF TIME a seven-novel journey into the maelstrom that devastated Eastern Europe between 1448 and 1529. A tale of mystery and suspenseful adventure, the series takes you to an epoch marked by turbulence and mayhem when, in the intricate tapestry of human history, many of the painful truths of our modern world took root.
The year is 1448.
Transylvania and Wallachia, the sword and the shield of the Kingdom of Hungary, are about to be invaded by an immense army marching under the banner of Sultan Murad II, who calls himself The Shadow of Allah upon the World. Lorian Comosicus, the heir to a legacy represented by a mysterious Draconic ring, and his twelve-year-old brother, Silvan, travel across the border mountains to the fortress of Roter Turm carrying a secret message from the conspirators who killed Vlad Dracul of Wallachia for pledging allegiance to the Ottoman Empire. After narrowly evading capture by the Sultan’s forces, the boys lose their way in the vast forests of Transylvania where they meet Sir Gregor Dahr Altair, an imperial knight who only just escaped from Roter Turm before it was overwhelmed by the Ottomans and their new cannons. Gregor is a powerful force within the Excubitors, a secret fraternity of warriors, financiers and merchants who could change the outcome of the war through their influential positions within the Ottoman Empire and the Christian Kingdoms. Learning Lorian’s identity and mission, he leads the brothers ahead of the tempest, rushing to reach the great trading city of Hermannstadt, the next target in the Sultan's invasion.
The forgotten world … the forgotten conflict
The history of the struggle between Islam and Christianity is long, but it did not reach a continuous state of conflict until the rise of the Islamic Empire of the Ottomans in 14th century, and its western expansion. Two momentous events stand head and shoulder above the war, which raged for nearly three hundred and fifty years: the fall of Constantinople in 1453, and the Conquest of Hungary in 1526.
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