Mark Ramsay, Chevalier du Morte, for the Order of the Red Cross of Gold has double duty as the Order's assassin and alchemist and double trouble when he is abducted by unscrupulous persons wishing to extract the Order's secret of immortality from him. He finds love in an unexpected place and almost loses his status, his honor and his life as his Brothers of the Order set out to bring him home, alive or dead. He must outwit his kidnappers, save his maiden in distress and fight off members of his own Order before he can go home, but he must choose between his new found love and the Order he has served for over 800 years.