title: The Book of the Lion
author:  Michael Cadnum 
description: Edmund, a squire, awaits the joint punishment for his master's counterfeiting charges and escapes his fate when a knight asks him to join the Crusades. In a starred review, PW wrote, "The message about the romance vs. reality of war proves powerful, and fans of history and adventure alike will devour this well-crafted, dramatic quest." Ages 12-up. (Oct.)n
zlib_text: TAR G
  ET O
  N  O
  U R  BAC K S
  
  J.M. DARHOWER
  
  C O N TEN TS
  Copyright
  Dedication
  Target
  Prologue
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Chapter Seven
  Chapter Eight
  Chapter Nine
  Chapter Ten
  Chapter Eleven
  Chapter Twelve
  Chapter Thirteen
  Chapter Fourteen
  Chapter Fifteen
  Chapter Sixteen
  Chapter Seventeen
  Chapter Eighteen
  Chapter Nineteen
  Chapter Twenty
  Chapter Twenty-One
  Chapter Twenty-Two
  Chapter Twenty-Three
  Epilogue
  About the Author
  Acknowledgments
  
  Copyright ©  2016  by J.M. Darhower
  All rights reserved.
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
  mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without
  written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book
  review.
  
  To Leonardo DiCaprio...
  I 'm sorry for what I  said.
  
  I'm going to tell you a story, a story about a lion that was killed
  by a callous hunter not long ago. This lion was the king of his
  pride, and this hunt