Crusade - The Heretic's Secret Author:John Wilson In Crusade (The Heretic’s Secret, Book I), award-winning young adult author John Wilson is at the top of his game. Quill & Quire called Crusade “an astonishingly nuanced and masterfully told story,“ while theGlobe and Mail hailed it as “a brave book, an unsettling boo... more »k, and one that is very much needed at this time.“ And now, in time for the release of the trilogy’s second installment, Crusade is available in paperback.This riveting tale begins in 1209, as zealous Catholic knights prepare to storm the walls of the heretic Cathar city of Beziers. “Kill them all,“ they are told. “God will know his own.“ The Crusaders took the advice to heart and slaughtered 10,000 people. Two childhood friends find themselves trapped in the horror. One, Peter, is an assistant to the mysterious priest who leads the Crusade; the other, John, with the help of a heretic woman, barely escapes the doomed city with his life. As the brutal war against the Cathars expands, Peter and John are caught up on opposite sides of a search for a secret that might change the world.Available simultaneously: The Heretic’s Secret, Book II: Grail« less