The Saracen: The Holy War Page 2 
 by Robert Shea
   BOOK TWO
   THE HOLY WAR
   _Anno Domini 1264-1266 Year of the Hegira 662-664_
   "That which striketh! What is that which striketh? Ah, who will convey to thee what the Striking is?" --The Koran, Surah CI
   "How many men have slept in happiness, unaware that sudden death was about to strike them?" --Hulagu Khan