Don Sebastian; or, The House of the Braganza: An Historical Romance, Volume 3

The young Portuguese king Sebastian, captured in battle and faced with conversion or captivity, makes a bolder choice still: he will journey to Mecca itself, accompanying his Muslim captor on pilgrimage, bound by a secret pact for freedom. What his generous captor does not know is that Sebastian's beloved Kara Aziek travels in the same caravan, destined for a wedding she never consented to. At the holy city, the king must execute a desperate rescue, three days after which his freedom becomes permanent. This third volume of Porter's sweeping romance follows the captive monarch into the heart of the Islamic world, where faith and desire collide, where every kindness conceals a potential betrayal, and where a king's life depends on a plan executed among pilgrims. Porter, writing in the Romantic tradition of historical fiction, explores the collision of worlds through a love that transcends religious boundaries and a courage that defies political necessity.