CONCEPT: Murder, sin and redemption intersect in an alternate version of Paris, where magic is real, the Catholic Church never lost it grip on power and men still perish in their quest for the Holy Grail.

This Issue: “THE SWAN KNIGHT”—The Duke of Lorraine consolidates his expanding power in a meeting with a famous British statesman. Julien discovers a tenuous link between a group of medieval heretics and the anathematized Knights Templar. Genevive witnesses a violent confrontation between Lorraine and his daughter. Finally, a vital clue to the meaning of the stolen scrolls is revealed…