1266….Provence, France…. A sixteen-year-old boy rides desperately through the night - fearing for his life after the murder of his father, Comte Henri de Falgeur. A boy who will…. ….become John of Arlès, a Templar knight who will fight in the Holy Land against the Mamluks - and in France against corrupt nobles…. ….endure a mysterious, personal vendetta for more than twenty years that will cause him to lose all those he cares for…. ….escape King Philip's brutal and lethal purge of the Templars and undertake one final mission: to carry the most sacred relic in Christendom - the True Fragment of the Holy Cross - or a simple lump of wood - John is never sure which - to its designated resting-place….A journey of more than 1500 miles - for a sixty-six year-old man who has lost everything - including his belief in God….with any number of adversaries - old and new - determined to stop him…. RELIC is a fast-paced, historically accurate, mystery/thriller, with many compelling, unexpected - often tragic - twists and turns. It covers a spectrum of the deepest of human bonds - love, family, friendship and faith - in ways that are heart-warming, heart-breaking and, ultimately, life-affirming.