Marcus Annan, a knight famed for his prowess in the deadly tourney competitions, thought he could keep the bloody secrets of his past buried forever. But when a mysterious crippled monk demands Annan help him wreak vengeance on a corrupt bishop, Annan is forced to leave the tourneys and join the Crusades in the Holy Land.
Wounded in battle and hunted on every side, he agrees to marry-in name only-the traumatized widow of an old friend, in order to protect her from the obsessive pursuit of a mutual enemy. Together, they escape an infidel prison camp and flee the Holy Land. But, try as he might, he cannot elude the past-or his growing feelings for the Lady Mairead. Amidst the pain and grief of a war he doesn't even believe in, he is forced at last to face long-hidden secrets and sins and to bare his soul to the mercy of a God he thought he had abandoned years ago.
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[MARCUS ANNAN had killed before. He had killed so many times he could no longer remember them all... so many times he had become inured to the ache of sorrow as he stared into the faces of the dead]***
(PenForASword, 29 November 2013, 333 pages, ebook, freebie for subscribing to author's newsletter, Popsugar 2018 Reading Challenge, a book with a time of day in the title)
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This is my first time reading the author.
I really enjoyed Behold The Dawn. I don't read historical fiction very often and this, hugely entertaining book was a bit different than other books in the genre I've read. It made a nice change from the stuff I usually read.
Behold The Dawn is well-written, full of detail and information, has great descriptions, real characters and is packed with intrigue and intense action. Not bad at all. A definite win.
