France, 1209: A Knight Templar, riding through an eerie forest, is suddenly attacked by an assassin as a man and woman watch from a distant hillside. When his death seems certain, the woman takes up a sword... Present, Formula 1 race, Magny Cours: Observed by the very same couple, Conor Westfield, a career-obsessed Scottish driver, is in a horrible racing accident. Miraculously, he survives what seemed to be certain death.As he is recovering from his injuries in London Conor’s childhood nightmare recurs, a strange jumble of terrifying images that feel more like memories than dreams. Can it be mere coincidence that the very next morning he is informed a mysterious woman with whom he had very brief affair has died and left him as her heir? But this was no ordinary woman and no ordinary affair. Dogged by a niggling feeling of déjà vu, Conor travels to Amsterdam to identify the body. At her home he finds an illuminated book that transports him back in time, to a woman he left behind and a life lived in the shadow of a tragedy that cries out across 800 years for resolution.Weaving history with the present, fact with fantasy with brilliant assurance, The Knightmare is an unforgettable story of angels and alchemy, betrayal and sacrifice, and a truly extraordinary love.About the AuthorDeborah Valentine is the author of three books published by Victor Gollancz Ltd. UNORTHODOX METHODS was the first in the series, followed by A COLLECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHS and the Ireland-based FINE DISTINCTIONS. A COLLECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHS was short-listed for an Edgar Allan Poe, a Shamus, a Macavity and an Anthony Boucher award. FINE DISTINCTIONS was also short-listed for an Edgar.