ISBN 978-1-60264-418-2 (softcover); 978-1-60264-419-9 (hardcover), 306 pages.
"The Mink" has just cat-burglared into a Buddhist temple and reaches for a blazing green emerald as big as a man's fist. Only to slump to the ground, as a white bony hand strips the glowing silver ring from her finger. Half a world away, Merlin opens his eyes and whispers, "It is not to be, little Mink," then drifts back to the sleep of the enchanted.
The year is 2010, and the only ones standing between light and darkness are four unlikely teenagers and an Oxford professor. The defeat of the Dark Powers depends on their locating the legendary wizard, Merlin, and finishing a quest begun by their Camelot forefathers...all over the course of a one-week Spring Break.
Lucas Moreno, a typical video-gaming 15-year-old from San Antonio joins up with three other teens - from Morocco, Japan and Ireland. Only two things bind them: the inheritance of medieval rings forged by Merlin, and the murders of their fathers.
The rings set the Crusaders on a path where they must battle savage humans, fantastical creatures and their own emotions to save the world. And each other.
It could be right out of one of Lucas's video games. Only this one's for real.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
V. L. Hoyt has had a fascination with fantasy, occult and the supernatural since kindergarten. "The Last Crusaders" is the result of that fascination. "Crusader Legacy," the second in the Crusader Trilogy, will be out in 2011, followed in 2012 by the final book, "Quest for Magic." As for the feature motion pictures - wait and see.
V. L. Hoyt lives in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, Tom, and Roxy, their faithful golden retriever.
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