Jonathan A Longmore

When 12-year-old Thomas is orphaned, he has no idea of the life that awaits him. Scared, angry, and malnourished, he is apprenticed to the Knights Templar and placed in the care of Sir Richard de Aubigney, an English Templar in command of the Delphos, a Templar Galley with a crew as hard and diverse as anyone could imagine. Under the guidance of a freed African slave as his mentor and an elderly Saracen as his confidante, Thomas must embrace what fate has in store for him.
But sometimes, fate is not kind. Forced to become a man before his time, he endures the horrors of the violent world he has been thrust into, learning along the way that nothing is forever. In this gripping tale of survival and growth, Thomas's journey is one of resilience, transformation, and the relentless pursuit of hope in a world filled with uncertainty.