As the new millennium begins, a hurricane in the Baltic Sea rips loose a prison barge containing Europe's worst criminals, and although only twelve people survive, word begins to spread that one of them is the Second Coming of the Messiah.
Giles Milton's first book, The Riddle and the Knight, is a fascinating account of the legend of Sir John Mandeville, a long-forgotten knight who was once the most famous writer in medieval Europe. Mandeville wrote a book about his voyage around the world that became a beacon that lit the way for
