Author(s): Michael P. Spradlin

Junior

Fourteen-year-old Tristan doesn't have much of a life. He has never known his parents, and spends his days mucking out the stables in a monastery. So when an unexpected chance to go on Crusade with the Knights Templar comes up, Tristan seizes it with both hands, plunging himself into a series of extraordinary travels and adventures. When his dying master, Sir Thomas, entrusts Tristan with the legendary treasure known throughout the ages as the Holy Grail, the young knight must escape the bloody siege at Acre and head for Scotland, where the Grail will be safe. Together with Robard Hode, the best archer in the King's army, and the mysterious Assassin Maryam, Tristan flees across Europe, barely one step ahead of his enemies, who will stop at nothing to claim the Grail for themselves.