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In a land torn by crusade and rebellion, honour is earned in blood.  1205. Richard Fitz Simon has fled England after his title was usurped, joining the Livonian Order of Swordbrothers – a German brotherhood of warrior-monks fighting to bring the word of God to the pagan frontier. After slaying the Lithuanian champion at the Battle of Rodenpois, Richard is celebrated by the Order and their Semigallian allies. Yet his position remains precarious. Jealous rivals question his right to stand among the brotherhood, and his master, Knight-brother Rudolf, is enraged by Richard’s disobedience. When dark secrets from Lübeck resurface, Richard also finds himself at odds with Bishop Albert, head of the Christian mission in Livonia. As he struggles to reconcile faith, duty and identity, he is drawn into a brutal world of suspicion, hardship and bloodshed. Sent on an expedition to build a castle deep in the wilderness, Richard soon sees tensions erupt – and the path he has chosen threatens to destroy everything he has fought to become.

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Jon Byrne, originally from London, now lives with his German family beside a lake in Bavaria, with stunning views of the Alps. Alongside his writing, he works as a translator for a local IT company and occasionally as a lumberjack. Fascinated by history since childhood, he has studied the medieval world for more than twenty years, building up a comprehensive library of books. Soldiers of Christ is the second book in The Northern Crusader Chronicles.

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