Jack Hight
1) Siege
Author
Publisher
John Murray
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Three people will struggle to determine the fate of an empire - the young Turkish sultan, desperate to prove his greatness; a stubborn Byzantine princess, sworn to protect her city; and a mercenary captain with a score to settle. But of them, it is the hardened soldier Giovanni Longo who will face the worst choice.
2) Kingdom
Author
Series
Saladin trilogy volume 2
Publisher
John Murray
Pub. Date
2012
Description
1164. Saladin joins a Saracen army heading for Egypt. He finds there a land of wonders: from the ancient pyramids and the towering lighthouse of Alexandria, to the caliph's luxurious palace, but also a land of unparalleled danger. In Egypt, no one can be trusted, not even his family.