The Last Cathar
By Kate Riley
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“I have a story to tell so you must listen very carefully with your ears to hear,
your soul to remember, your faith to inspire and your heart to judge,
for I will never repeat these words again.”
- India Serras, 1290.
13th Century France, a time of intolerance and bloodshed as the inquisition ruthlessly hunts down heretics. Renier de Beynac the Papal Inquisitor will not stop until their villages are burned and the streets run scarlet with their blood.
India Serras, the last surviving Cathar knows this better than most, for she protects a treasure so precious the Vatican would kill to destroy it. Renier is well aware of the legend of the treasure of Montségur and will stop at nothing to find India, steal the treasure and use this ultimate power for his own dangerous secrets.
For the second time in her life, fate intervenes. Jourdain LeTardif a poor merchant wounded in the dark streets of Carcassonne, collapses at India’s doorstep. Against all odds, she realizes who he is, the untold circumstances of his birth and the events that will ultimately change both their lives.
India will face her greatest challenge and Jourdain will forever bind his fate to a stranger’s and in doing so will discover his own true purpose.
A page-turning novel about one of the most intriguing periods of history, characters come alive in a tale of love, evil, heresy and destiny against the fascinating historical backdrop of the turbulent 13th Century.
Kate Riley
Kate Riley is a professional business coach, facilitator and artist who is passionate about the 13th century. Her historical interest in this period was borne from an intense dream where she found herself in a besieged fortress disguised as a young man, surrounded by Templars and about to die. A voice strongly directed her several times to wake up and write down the word ‘Cathar’. This dream began a twenty-year obsession, which has twice taken her to Montségur and became the basis for this story.Ms. Riley’s career has encompassed twenty years in the newspaper industry where she has won awards for her designs. She currently lives in Innisfil, Ontario and manages entrepreneurship programs for adults and youth.
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