From the acclaimed author of "Empires of Sand" comes a mesmerizing
new adventure that Jean Auel cites as "crowded with events that
both forecast and mirror the conflicts of today." Sweeping from the
drawing rooms of Paris to the palace of Suleiman the Magnificent to
the dark hold of a slave ship racing across the sea, here is a
dazzling story of love and valor, innocence and identity, an epic
novel of the clash of civilizations on a barren island where the
future was forged.
The Mediterranean, the sixteenth century: Lying squarely in the
midst of the vital sea lanes between the Christian West and the
Ottoman Empire in the East, and ruled by the ancient Order of the
Knights of St. John, Malta will become the stage upon which the
fate of the world turns. For one of its sons, the hand of violence
strikes swiftly, when young Nicolo Borg is seized by Barbary
slavers and launched on a remarkable journey to the court of the
supreme ruler of the Muslim world. Renamed Asha, plotting his
escape even as he swears allegiance to the god of his masters and
is schooled in the arts of culture and war, the innocent boy will
be transformed into one of the Sultan's deadliest commanders.
For Nico's beloved sister, Maria, his loss fires her hatred for the
knights who did nothing to save him and her dreams of escape from
her stifling home. As the headstrong girl grows into a fierce
beauty, she will capture the attention of one man in particular,
Christien de Vries, a surgeon-knight torn between duty and desire,
caught up in Malta's frantic preparations against the coming
Ottoman storm. Around Nico and Maria are men and women who will
share their destinies: Dragut Rais, a brilliant corsair, arch-rival
of the knights...Giulio Salvago, a priest in full flight from his
carnal nature...Alisa, a young beauty hidden away in a harem...Jean
de La Valette, the master knight who is Malta's only hope for
survival.
As the mighty Ottoman fleet bears down on the tiny island, as Nico
Borg makes his way back to his homeland at the helm of a warship,
Ironfire moves inexorably to a shattering climax where all will
face ultimate justice in the murderous cauldron of siege warfare.
Brilliantly capturing the crosscurrents of a storied age, Ironfire
is historical fiction in the grand tradition, a stirring
realization of a pivotal moment in time that irrevocably shaped the
world we inhabit today.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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