Tristan, an orphan staying with the St. Albin’s Monks, is taken as a squire by Sir Thomas, a Knight Templar. On their way to battle, Sir Thomas takes him to meet the king, Richard the Lionheart. The King seems to think there is something familiar about Tristan; it’s unnerving how the king stares ...
I enjoyed this quick easy historical fiction for youth. I think most of the concerns I have for it will hopefully be resolved in the rest of the series. I enjoy how our hero is left on the door step of an abbey as a baby with a note saying it is for his own safety. From the beginning you wonde...
This book is about a boy Tristan named who was orphaned as a baby and grew up with the monks. One day a band of Templar knights came and recruited him. He was intrusted to deliver the holy grail to special informat. The trader templer tried to capture him and steal the holy grail from him. Ever...
Wow! Michael P. Spradlin knows how to write a cliffhanger! I need to write this quickly and start the next book. It’s sitting here beside me.Tristin, Maryam and Robard survive book one’s shipwreck, of course, and wash up on the shore of France. There, they become entangled in a conflict involvin...
This was cute, but, misguided as it may be, I actually expected better. The introduction from Christopher Moore was funny, as usual, and there was a pretty good variety of zombie carols in the book, but it didn't live up to my "OMG! I NEED THIS!" reaction on seeing it. It's a good thing that this...
This book is just one giant disappointment, from start to finish. First off, it takes 150 pages for the author to admit that the lead is hunting vampires. *long pause* Its 2014, this is not a revolutionary idea. In the back half, yes half the book is exposition, there is not nearly enough explora...