Orphan of destiny michael spradlin biography

I wanted to give this book 5 stars, I really did.

Spradlin has done his homework for this trilogy, and it shows.

Surrounded by books in his formative years, he grew up loving to read, imagining himself the hero of numerous epic battles and indulging in his favorite pastime, which was smuggling fireworks across the Ohio border so that he could blow up his collection of Plastic Green Army Men and Matchbox Cars.

He was born in a small town in Michigan and grew up with a healthy and natural suspicion of all Hoosiers and Buckeyes.

Tristan and his companions—the fiery archer Robard Hode and the assassin maid Maryam—have escaped to England.

This final book in the trilogy of Tristan, the young squire to a Templar Knight, takes an interesting turn.

Michael P. Spradlin is the New York Times Bestselling [1] and Edgar Award-nominated author of the Spy Goddess series, The Youngest Templar series.

He put painstaking effort into getting the nouns right of medieval objects and professions, he shows with great care how medieval warfare was fought, from hand to hand combat to battles to sieges, along with describing the equipment, the training, and the pain of getting hurt.

And his main characters get hurt. A lot.

Unlike a lot of other action writers, his trio does not come out of an action scene with only an artful smudge of dirt.

After barely escaping Sir Hugh's clutches once again, Tristan and his companions have finally reached the shores of England with the Holy Grail.

Robard, Maryam and Tristan realistically bleed, bruise and ache their way through their quest, making do with 12th century med kits.

Book 3 picks up literally one second after Book 2 ended as Maryam was busy getting hanged, Robard was busy doing his shoot-the-rope trick, and Tristan was busy holding Eleanor of Aquitaine, her wrathful majesty, hostage.

Robard misses the rope – nice to see a young