"During the Third Crusade, deaths from fever and starvation are common, but King Richard the Lionheart has a secret ally against these impassable enemies--a mysterious healer by the name of Edythe. Of all the women in Richard's life, she is the least known...and perhaps the most powerful. Sent to Richard by his mother, Eleanor, Edythe is first thought to be a spy. She does have her fair share of secrets...owing not only her station in Richard's camp,...

Presents a collection of ten stories of murder and espionage featuring Chief Inspector Lord Darcy and his forensic sorcerer, Master Sean, who serve the Plantagenet Empire founded by Richard the Lion Heart.

Investigating his self-styled hippie historian father's claims about a meeting between Richard I and Robin Hood after the Third Crusade, Richard Cathar travels from London to Jerusalem and back again while falling in love with a mysterious journalist.

"King Henry is dead; Richard the Lionheart now rules England. The new king does not believe in magic, and is interested only in a crusade to recapture Jerusalem. But his crusade soon stalls, and while he is away, his brother, John, and his supposed ally, Philip of France, are conspiring to steal his kingdom. Richard's mother, Queen Eleanor, sends Sir Durwin, Enchanter General of England, out to Palestine, where he must convince the skeptical king...