E. A. Stewart Livres

It's hard to be a hero, even when it's your job. Chretien, the troubadour-warrior of Valeros, pursues a mysterious assassin wreaking havoc in Montpellier. It's 1215, and a Church council seeks a peaceful end to the crusade against the Cathar heresy. The Count of Roussillon pleads for Chretien's help, claiming rumored assassination of Church leaders will create a dangerous future for all the lords of the Languedoc. Chretien's family and friends are threatened by this rising chaos in Montpellier. While Chretien hunts the assassin, his nephew Yusuf begs his help to hide science books from his university library, protecting them from monks purging texts by heretics, schismatics, and Saracens. Injured defending a tale-spinning orphan he never intended to rescue, Chretien endures endless stories of pirates and unlikely adventures. When a ghost sharing bad advice settles in as his inconstant companion, Chretien is saddled with burdens and responsibilities he must meet to protect his dead father's honor. Chretien, under the weight of more promises than one man can meet, faces more danger than one man can defend against. Hero, a standalone story, joins the series of 13th century adventure tales, Legends of Valeros.

Song of Valeros, Book 4 in the Accidental Heretic series, continues the adventure begun in the Languedoc Crusade in 1210, following history into the heart of the Reconquista in 1212.

A mage-knight, a lost boy and treacheryOrlando of Troyes, an impoverished knight stranded in Carcassonne, awaits a promised reward from Simon de Montfort, the famous conqueror in the crusade against Cathar heretics.Instead, Orlando is fighting a masked magical knight while uncovering betrayals down every alley. Then strangers arrive, telling of a lost boy who requires a dangerous rescue. Orlando has the chance to redeem his honor and prove his value as a loyal and talented knight, if he survives. Traitor, a standalone story, joins the series of interrelated 13th century adventure tales, Legends of Valeros.

How do you rise up at the dawn of the Inquisition?Pursued across medieval Languedoc by an unknown adversary, three unlikely companions join forces. Tomas the mercenary persists in his quest for revenge, but slashes deep wounds in his own soul. Jean-Luc, an exiled and heartbroken knight, searches for a man whose secrets might redeem him. Isabella of Valeros is falsely condemned for heresy, but to find her son, she must seek answers among the goodwomen, the so-called heretics beset by this new crusade. Separated, exposed, and hunted, Tomas, Isabella, and Jean-Luc must find their relentless enemy before he destroys them—and their families. Meanwhile, Simon de Montfort’s army terrorizes southern Europe, flushing heretics from the hills, shouting over the voices of the troubadours.TREBUCHETS IN THE GARDEN, Book 2 in the Accidental Heretics series, continues the adventure from Book 1, Bone-mend and Salt where Tomas, Isabella, and Jean-Luc are entrapped in the Languedoc crusade, while Simon de Montfort prepares to ignite the next heretics’ pyre in the summer of 1210. This revised third edition includes maps and a glossary of Occitan and historical terms.

Fight or beg for mercy when enemies turn an unjust war against you? Bone-mend and Salt, Book 1 in the Accidental Heretics series, launches an adventure of conspiracy and revenge amidst the crusade against the Cathar heresy in southern Europe in 1210. A Moorish mercenary--mutilated and left to die, harangued by his father's ghost--seeks revenge, since justice is impossible. A French knight, banned as a Cain, longs for respite but must use his sword to battle his betrayers. A Catalan widow holds her own fate, until a gold-sniffing priest accuses her of heresy. A hidden enemy traps these three in a crusade that's run amok.Dreams of love and hope become impossible when destiny propels these three into a hazardous journey across the Languedoc, where Simon de Montfort is spreading terror to flush heretics from their lairs, shouting over the voices of the troubadours. .Bone-mend and Salt is the first book in the Accidental Heretics medieval historical fiction series, deep in the spice-and-intrigue world of southern Europe, where a holocaust is being kindled to rid the Languedoc of heresy. Bone-mend and Salt includes maps and a glossary of Occitan and historic terms.

To earn a place as a knight, Taresa of Valeros must get a message from Pedro of Aragon to the king of France. But crossing the Languedoc proves treacherous, and then Taresa and her companions are hunted as rebels after a murder at a Templar house. In times of madness, some strive for power and others run for shelter. A few do whatever it takes to save the innocent. Amid the chaos and cruelty of the Cathar crusade, Taresa is armed with wit, loyalty, and her lover's third-best sword. Is that enough to save her? In Book 1 of the Legends of Valeros series, Taresa fights for life in the face of a military and cultural invasion that seeks to destroy the Languedoc way of life.