From the author of }The Swarm{, this is a medieval thriller set in Cologne. }The Swarm{ was an international bestseller, selling over 1.5 million copies in Germany alone. This will appeal to fans of Ken Follett's }The Pillars Of The Earth{ It's the year 1260 and the great cathedral - the most ambitious building in all of Christendom - is rising above the streets of Cologne. Far below its soaring spires and flying buttresses, an assassin of unnatural talent surveys his new hunting ground.
