Will has a horse - a small chestnut stallion with a white blaze on his brow. Ellie is a fair maiden - but she's supposed to marry Will's older brother, Gavin. And as for the cause, King Richard is calling for a Crusade. The Knights of England must go the Holy Land to fight.

Will and Gavin will go. Blood will be shed. Lives will be wasted. But through it all, two things will be constant - Ellie, and a blood-red horse called Hosanna . . .