Isidore Orbus meets Pagan Kidrouk, now Archdeacon of Carcassonne, and becomes his scribe and companion during the Albigensian Crusade against heretics. This novel, fourth in the "Pagan" series, shows life in the 13th century through the eyes of a 15-year-old cleric.
Awards
Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Sheaffer Pen Prize for Young Adult Fiction 1997.