Introduction / by Katherine Kurtz -- The city of brass / by Deborah Turner Harris and Robert J. Harris -- End in sight / by Lawrence Schimel -- Choices / by Richard Woods -- Obligations / by Katherine Kurtz -- Word of honor / by Tanya Huff -- 1941 / by Scott MacMillan -- Knight of other days / by Elizabeth Moon -- Stealing God / by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald -- Death and the knight / by Poul Anderson.
Baker & Taylor A collection of nine stories features the elite Knights Templar of the Holy Land and includes the writings of such authors as Katherine Kurtz, Poul Anderson, Elizabeth Moon, and Deborah Turner Harris. Original.
Grand Central Pub The Knights Templar was a military order founded during the time of the crusades to protect pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. Legend endows the Templars with magical powers with which they are said to have altered the course of history. "The Temple and the Crown" picks up in 1306 with the crowning of Robert Bruce in Scotland. Bruce immediately faces a challenge to his throne, and Pope Clement and King Philip of France, jealous of the Knights' magical powers, wealth, and charm, have them arrested on trumped-up charges of black magic, blasphemy, and consorting with the Devil. The Templars' only hope is to flee as fugitives and seek a new home...and a safe haven for the mystical treasures they guard.