For more than a thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, often at peace but sometimes at war. Then the First Crusade began in 1096, ushering in a notorious period of conflict between the two religions. The Eighth Crusade, what was thought to be the last, ended in 1270 and introduced a long period of peace...that is until now. You Will Be as Gods is the single-volume account of a brutal modern day crusade between European warrior-citizens and Islamic-invaders. In his chronicling, an American mercenary named Pope tells the bloody story of the rise of invaders throughout Europe and their losses at the hands of indigenous local militias. A mini epic, this tale is full of crusader verve, adventure and a vanquishing grandeur. Set amongst the destruction of a corrupted world, further maintained through widespread brainwashing and propaganda, crusading is revealed to be more than a rallying call, with the complications of coexistence, blending faith with conquest, power and compromise, and all that is done in the name of one's god.