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The year is 1233 - the population of Europe is higher than ever before - new cities, castles and cathedrals are built from Portugal to the West, to Estonia to the East. The crusades are in full swing and the stream of merchants and pilgrims crossing the Mediterranean from Europe to the Levant is greater than ever before. Great fortunes are being born in the East as well as the West. Sebastian, a young brother of the Order of the Hospital of St. John, sets out on a journey that will take him through southern France, Italy, Byzantine Islands and finally to Outremer - the land-over-the-sea. A promised land to so many.