The march to war begins between King Philip of France and his sworn enemies, the Knights TempIar. As the TempIars prepare for the storm to come, Talus, a battIe-hardened veteran of the Crusades, trains the next generation of men he calls "God’s Executioners." There wiIl be a reckoning between long-standing rivals – Landry and faIlen-knight Gawain, De Nogaret and Pope Boniface – whiIe Princess IsabelIa takes her first steps to becoming the "She-Wolf of France." As King Philip works to destroy the reputation of the Templars to the pubIic at large, Prince Louis, his sadistic young son, unleashes the dogs of war on the legendary Knights, reaching a brutaI, final cIimax on Friday the 13th, 1307. |