THE DEADLY CRUSADER
comes to Venice in search of a story, and quickly finds one.
A fellow reporter is dead, and all the clues lead to the past.
Parts of the puzzle lie beneath one of the city's murky lagoons.
Others lurk in the palatial villa of Count La Scala, a demonic terror-broker whose madness and passion for brutality have their roots in the smoldering ashes of the Nazis' shattered Reich.
In trying to uncover one of history's greatest secrets, Hawk must save a beautiful young woman from La Scala- and evade the murderous pursuit of every terrorist group in Europe.