1565. The Knights of the Hospitaller Order, fortified on the island of Malta, are trying to resist the thousands of forces of the Turks sent by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. While they succeed, the Sultan’s dreams of domination in the Mediterranean are not destined to come true. But Suleiman is cunning, cruel and stubborn, he intends to erase from people’s memory even the very name of the knightly order. Thus begins the story of the siege of Malta - and the story of the desperately brave Englishman Christian Hardy, who by chance found himself among the besieged Hospitallers. The defenders of the island consider Christian a stranger - but perhaps it is he who will have to turn the tide of the war...< /p>