Siege of Faith

By: David Black

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Far to the East across the sparkling waters of the great Mediterranean Sea, the formidable Ottoman Empire was planning to add to centuries of expansion. Soon, they would begin the invasion, conquest and conversion of Christian Europe. But first, the Ottoman Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent knew he must destroy the last Christian bastion which stood in the way of his glorious destiny of conquest. The Maltese stronghold... defended by the noble and devout warrior monks of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem... A powerful story of heroism, love and betrayal, set against the backdrop of a cruel and bloody siege, which raged through the long hot summer of 1565, on the tiny Mediterranean island 0f Malta. The great Muslim Caliph Suleiman unleashed a massive force of 40,000 fanatical Ottoman troops, who were ordered to conquer Malta, before invading poorly defended Christian Europe. A young and heretic English Knight - Sir Richard Starkey becomes embroiled in the bloody five month siege which ensued; Europe's elite Catholic nobility cast chivalry aside, no quarter asked or mercy given as rivers of Muslim and Christian blood flowed...