Knowing that those he loves are in danger simply because he is alive, Fr Michael Flaherty returns to his island home to hide from the world.

But an assassin's dying message spells disaster for everything he holds dear and Michael is forced to face his enemy one last time.

He finds himself in the heart of Jerusalem, ensnared in a plot that places the city at the centre of a Holy War. Fr Michale Flaherty, a priest in search of his own salvation, must decide - who will live and who will die?