The Grotto: A Novel of Heresy, War, and Love (The Abraxas Chronicles Book 2)

***By the award-winning author of THE CULT*** A mysterious ancient grotto. A menacing island tomb. A sinister underground temple. THE GROTTO is the self-contained second book of the Abraxas Chronicles. Set in the late twelfth century, this page-turning story begins with the murder of a young guard in Normandy, then moves to the south of England where Elise, Edmond, and Martin were pupils of a learned scholar in their youth. Despite having married others, Edmond and Elise remain deeply in love while he risks his life fighting with King Richard's forces in the Third Crusade. Now a scholar in Norman Sicily, Martin learns that the monstrous Abraxas cult has reappeared there. He begins a dangerous pursuit, disrupting progress on his major work and delaying a long-awaited reunion with his colleague, Khalil al-Din, in Cordoba. All the while, the reader follows the cult’s chilling path from Normandy to Sicily, Cyprus, and Malta. As its leader’s madness grows, the deadly perils of the chase increase. Caught up in the fates imposed on them, THE GROTTO's protagonists fight to survive a time of brutal conflict in God’s name.