Arriving home disillusioned from the Crusades, Hugh DeLuc discovers that his village has been ransacked and his wife abducted The dark riders came in the dead of night like devils Nothing is known of their identity, only that they search for a relic worth more than any throne in Europe No man has been able to stand in their way until Hugh, taking on the role of a jester, infiltrates the enemy???s castle And when a man is fighting for freedom, for his wife, and for everything he holds dear, he will prove a formidable opponent