Faction: With the Crusaders

Spain, 1936.After a century of turmoil - invasion, the loss of its empire, invasions, coups, uprisings, dictatorships, and the abdication of its king - the nation lurches toward war. Liberal institutions chip away at the Church and ancient tradition, while regional, political and religious factions exploit the banner of democracy for their own ends. Spain's people, left, right and third positionist alike, abandon faith in the reconciliation of their differences via the voting booth and prepare for what they believe to be inevitable - war.Hither comes Josef Shea, son of the American hinterlands, itinerant writer and newly-minted intelligence operative, in search of a life of adventure and bohemian glamor. In the midst of Spain's bloody civil war, he will either remain a neutral observer or heed the call to stand between the innocent and the twentieth century's greatest horror - the call of the Crusader. Read more