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Title: History Masquerading as Fantasy
Review: I will not continue reading this series. So far the plot is simply a retelling of the Crusades with heavy-handed philosophy and fantasy elements sprinkled in. Western religious leader (the Pope) commissions a Holy War (Crusade) against the heathens to retake the holy city (Jerusalem). The eastern Emperor wants to use the war to retake lands that used to belong to his empire (Byzantium). Not only is this a completely unoriginal premise, it is not compellingly told.
