The Iron Lance (Celtic Crusades, #1)

Stephen Lawhead is best known for his "Pendragon Cycle" of Arthurian fantasies. His previous novel Byzantium moved him into historical rather than mythological fiction; The Iron Lance confirms this change. It is the story of the First Crusade told by a youth from the Orkneys, a group of islands off the north coast of Scotland. At 14 Murdo Ranulfson is too young to go on a crusade. But when he and his mother are thrown…