Pagan Chronicles Books in Order

Streetwise orphan Pagan becomes squire to the principled Templar Roland in twelfth-century Jerusalem. Their unlikely partnership develops as Saladin’s forces approach, forcing the young servant to navigate military life, religious conflict and a growing attachment to his demanding master.

After Jerusalem falls, Pagan follows Roland into exile in France, only to encounter the knight’s violent relatives and their bitter feuds. An enigmatic woman with heretical beliefs draws Roland’s attention, while Pagan confronts difficult truths about the people around him.

Pagan and Roland renounce warfare to become novices at an abbey, seeking peace in religious life. Instead, Pagan discovers stolen alms and pervasive corruption, and investigating the theft threatens both his new vocation and his loyalty to Roland.

Bookish Isidore becomes scribe to Pagan, now archdeacon of Carcassonne, as crusaders advance against the Cathars in 1209. Drawn into Pagan and Roland’s troubled world, he must reconcile learning with the realities of a religious war approaching the city.

Sixteen-year-old Babylonne has endured hunger, violence and repeated sieges, and now faces an unwanted marriage. A mysterious priest claiming friendship with her father offers another path, leaving her to choose between trusting him and joining the struggle against the French.