The Mystic Rose: Stephen Lawhead

Book III of The Celtic Crusades. A thousand years after its disappearance the fabled Grail has been found and the Knights Templar will stop at nothing to possess it. Led by the ruthless and corrupt Renaud de Bracineaux, the warrior monks embark on a dangerous and deceitful quest to possess the Holy Cup. Only one person stands in their way - Cait, a young woman raised on the Crusader tales of her grandfather, Murdo and father, Duncan. She is determined to claim the prize herself and guided only by a handful of coded clues from a stolen letter, Cait and her small band of knights make their way from the dungeons of Damascus to the marbled palaces of Aragorn and beyond, deep into the heart of Moorish Spain and a world unseen by Christians for over 400 years. The race quickly escalates into a deadly battle of wits and will; two implacable foes both seeking possession of the most valuable object in all Christendom - the Mystic Rose. Cover art by Mick Posen.