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Cross of the Fallen Ashes of Antioch
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Series: Cross of the Fallen, Book 2
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Publisher: Anthony R.
Published: Feb 7 2026
Pages: 420
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.93 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Ashes of Antioch is a historical war novel set during the First Crusade, where faith is tested not by sermons, but by hunger, cold, and blood.
As the Crusader host reaches the ancient city of Antioch, the war slows and hardens. What was once a march of banners becomes a siege of mud, starvation, and quiet despair. Men are stripped of illusion as rations shrink, winter settles in, and death becomes routine rather than heroic.
At the center of the story stands Antoine, a young sergeant whose leadership is forged not through ambition, but through responsibility. Alongside him are Pierre, his brother-in-arms whose faith is honest enough to crack under hunger, and Giraud, a scarred veteran who understands that discipline, mercy, and truth must walk together or not at all. Around them forms the Falcons, a hardened brotherhood defined not by glory, but by restraint, training, and loyalty under pressure.
Beyond the walls of Antioch, arrows and skirmishes test steel. Within the camp, hunger, jealousy, and moral collapse threaten to do greater damage than any enemy blade. Chroniclers shape noble versions of events, while ordinary men boil leather to survive. Faith remains, but it is no longer simple. It must endure contradiction.
Ashes of Antioch is not a tale of conquest. It is a story of endurance.
It explores the cost of leadership, the burden of faith when God is silent, and the brotherhood that forms when men choose order over chaos in a world turning to ash. Inspired by the realism of Tolstoy, the moral gravity of Dostoyevsky, and the martial discipline of classical war narratives, this novel presents the Crusade not as legend, but as lived experience.
This is a story about what remains when glory burns away.
And what it costs to keep walking.
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