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Presented with a science-fiction framing, the narrative immerses the reader in a vividly detailed crusader march across a sunlit desert, where Norman, English, Gascon, and other contingents ride under King Richard while tensions over loyalty and command surface. When Saracen and Egyptian cavalry harass the column's rear and the Hospitallers are pressed, two knights privately decide to defy orders to charge and relieve the melee, triggering close, brutal combat in which lances and swords decide survival amid questions of honor, obedience, and practical judgment.
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Presented with a science-fiction framing, the narrative immerses the reader in a vividly detailed crusader march across a sunlit desert, where Norman, English, Gascon, and other contingents ride under King Richard while tensions over loyalty and command surface. When Saracen and Egyptian cavalry harass the column's rear and the Hospitallers are pressed, two knights privately decide to defy orders to charge and relieve the melee, triggering close, brutal combat in which lances and swords decide survival amid questions of honor, obedience, and practical judgment.
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