As a fan of both historical and Christian fiction, this book looks like it will satisfy on both accounts, as well as some romance thrown it. This is a period and place in history that I have read little about, so this book would be a great one to not only entertain but also teach about a period I know little about. I also am fairly ignorant of the interweaving of Muslim and Christian faith in the Middle East so this aspect is also intriguing to me.