Saint Stephen's Moon

St. Stephen's Moon is a dark thriller. What begins as a pleasure trip to the Holy Land by three Dallas friends becomes entangled with the haunted echoes of a lost world and another traveler. He had come to the Holy Land to defend the faith, but that first night in Jerusalem brought Adrian DeBalliou, the Norman knight, the deepest of sleep and the strangest of dreams. He could not know that in a few eventful months the Battle of Hattin would overtake his life, his loves, the kingdom for which he fought, and turn events eight hundred years into the future. For Hadrian North, a middle-aged commercial pilot from Dallas, this Christmas holiday exploration of the Holy Land is very welcome reprive. His personal fortunes have been in a "power-off" descent for at least three years.For now at least things are upbeat. With him are two lovely thirty-something women, one a close family friend, Diana Donohoe, and the other her secretly notorious pal, Marie LaFay-Lucarini. But with the appearance of St. Stephen's Moon, what had been a pleasure trip becomes a haunting detour. A odyssey through the remnants of another age and a gateway into the future awaits them. They will share a journey of discovery, tragedy and a new destiny for them, for Jerusalem and for the world. "Intelligent and fun." Writer's Conference, Clear Lake, Texas May 03- Bay Area Writer's League review.David, Charles is the author of 'Saint Stephen's Moon', published 2005 under ISBN 9781413443219 and ISBN 1413443214.