Rex Mundi Volume 5

Rex Mundi Volume 5

Product Description As Lorraines bloody crusade rages on, Julien spirals into an abyss of drunken despair. Genevieve has betrayed him, and he has lost hope of ever finding the Holy Grail. But Inquisitor Moricant hasnt given up, and hes hot on Juliens trail! Little does Moricant know the power of the Church is crumbling in the face of the raging war. He isnt as safe as he believes. Meanwhile, the Duke of Lorraine faces disaster upon defeat. His dreams of world domination - and his very life - hang from the slightest thread. From Booklist After opening this volume with a nifty Dracula-inspired flashback, Nelson and Ferreyras marriage of alternate history and dark fantasy resumes the European war of 1933 with the Duke of Lorraines northern French boxed in by the Prussians. The duke gambles that the southern army he knows has just defeated the Muslim Spanish can double back to turn the tide for France. Simultaneously, Julien Saunire discovers what the Holy Grail is and closes in on it. Rex Mundi is a more expansive and, because it begins by revamping history and taking the supernatural for granted, probable variation on the themes of The Da Vinci Code. --Ray Olson