Prince (Bartrom-Olsen)

In the deep winter of 1780 Pennsylvania, Johannes De Turk returned from the Revolutionary War. His fearlessness, the warrior-memory of the deep past, had saved him. Time spins him back to those veiled lands of centuries past to 1460, to the East, to the origin of his bloodline: Prince Djem Sultan of the House of Ottoman, youngest son of Mehmed 11 The Conqueror. The Prince was born into the opulence of Edirne Palace, mercilessly trained in the ancient arts of combat and the Princely art of Rule. Across three continents he battled for the Empire and for its Throne, laying siege against mighty Rhodes, forging an unexpected alliance with the Knights of St. John, and combating the treacherous web of intrigue spun by the dark powers of his brother, in pursuit of his destiny.

Prince Djem Sultan, youngest son of Mehmed Il The Conqueror was born in 1459 into the opulence of Edirne Palace and Istanbul. Trained with his brothers in the ancient arts of combat and the Princely art of Rule, he warred for the Empire and for its Throne. He sieged the mighty Fortress of Crusader-held Rhodes in pursuit of his destiny, with victory lost to a meddling Pasha's disrespect for the Turkish warrior Janissaries. Now he must forge unexpected alliances, and combat the treacherous web of intrigue spun by the dark powers of his brother. The winds of change blow mightily in these years, heading the Prince into a maelstrom of death. Blood battles rage, fierce deserts are crossed, his Hajj is made, and ancient Egypt awaits. The saga continues.

From the Far East comes Prince Djem, crossing angry seas with Crusader Knights to a Europe fraught with plague. The mysteries of the Mountain Deeps are encountered as he crosses the Alps of Hannibal's route and encounters Things of Elder Earth in the ancient Monasteries embedded at their base. The Prince meets the beautiful Helene, their love story enfolded into French folklore. And the wheel of Time turns.