The Final Curtain

Looking up at the man about to kill me, I finally realized the truth. I wasn't the hero in this story; I was the villain.

So I did it. Let go. Dropped my hand to my side; let his sword fall...

And I died.

The Crusader is a short, quick novel set in medieval Europe. Using minimal dialogue and detail, it allows the imagination to complete the framework of the story in a way that makes it unique to each reader.