Magnum Opus

At the darkest of times, true friendship is born…
In a filthy prison thousands of miles from his home, taken from his mother’s loving arms to fight for his lord in the Second Crusade, fifteen-year-old Crispin waits to die. Born with only one arm, he doesn’t recognise the innate skills and strength he possesses. Wounded, starving and parched, he sinks into the depths of despair, but all the while, Era, the guardian who has always guided him in the right direction, tells him to have hope.
When a small Arab boy appears at the window of Crispin’s prison, that hope arrives with him. But not even Era could have predicted the amazing and often dangerous journey this boy would take Crispin on, nor the legacy that would echo on down the ages.
After a life of fighting and violence, Crispin is ready to settle into a more sedate existence. However, an unspeakable tragedy awaits, and it’s this that finally threatens to destroy him…
Set in the Holy Land and England during the time of the Crusades, Magnum Opus is a tale of loyalty and betrayal, rivalry and respect, true friendship and fierce enmity.