"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong" Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.

It's a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval...

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.