In the year of our Lord 1036, the world is full of evil spirits, witchcraft, and miracles-an underlayer of reality but just as real...Welcome to a malevolent time, when Normans, Lombards, Saracen pirates, and Byzantines struggle for dominance and trample on the people of the earth. Amidst the chaos, and nestled in the mountains of Southern Italy, Basilian monk Father Nicholaos has built an orphanage and made his peace with God. In shielding his orphans...