This is an action packed adventure --
Scotland, 1095. while his father and brothers follow Pope Urban II's call to win Jerusalem from the infidels, Murdo Ranulfson stays behind to guard his family's interests. But when his home is confiscated by greedy usurps, Murdo is forced to follow the Crusades himself. hoping to find his father and redeem his family's land, Murdo sets off on a journey that leads him to the Mediterranean -- the heart of civilization now threatened by barbarian horders -- and on to the fabled city of Constantinople and beyond, to the Holy Land. Amidst brutality and ambition, Murdo discovers what he seeks -- and obtains a relic that will guide him and his descendants for centuries.
Rich in heroism, treachery, and adventure, The Iron Lance begins an epic triolgy of a Scottish noble family fighting for its faith during the age of the Crusades - and of a secret society whose ceremonies will shape history for a millennium.

Lawhead never ceases to deliver even when moving rapidly from one setting to another; his concurrent storylines flow well and I found myself at the edge of my seat several times.

Having read part of his Arthurian series, I knew him to be an author of scholarship and this volume did nothing to dispel that knowledge. A wonderful historical from a perspective I had not yet seen and one in which the Crusades and the Church were not always painted in a sympathetic light. I look forward to the next two volumes!

Pretty good. Will be interesting ot see what happens in tehrest of hte trilogy. A little slow at times, and bouncing back and forth between 1099 and 1899 was a little awkward. But overall a good story.

Lawhead paints a vast and exotic canvas of medieval world politics, then peoples it with colorful characters--cunning Byzantine rulers, bluff Norman knights, gap-toothed, shaggy-brained Saxon peasants--who encounter visions and miracles, brutality and ambition, love and justice. At the end of the main narrative, Murdo gets what he wants but not in the ways expected. The framing narrative ends with hints that, as the world lurches towards a new millennium, Gordon Murray's Christian secret society is the world's only hope for survival, and the time nears for the brotherhood to reveal itself.

Rich in heroism, treachery, and adventure, The Iron Lance begins an epic trilogy of a Scottish noble family fighting for its existence and its faith during the age of the Crusades--and of a secret society whose ceremonies will shape history for a millennium. (back cover)

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Stephen Lawhead is fantastic - interesting historical fiction read.

The first in a trilogy about a Scottish Noble Family at the time of the Crusades.

Adventure begins in Scotland,1095. Beginning epic trilogy of a Ssscottish noble family fighting for its existence and its faith during the age of the Crusades--and a secret society whose ceremonies will shape history for a milleniou.

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