In 1684, Captain Mathis Zieglar and Sarah Oppenheimer, a brilliant Jewish temptress, are close to discovering the location of the Treasure of the Raven King. The documents they've uncovered will now empower them to free hundreds of hostages from Ottoman slavery. If they make the secret public, they will betray their emperor and country. Are they willing to risk everything to save others they've never met? Caught Between Two Pagans begins where the last book in the series, The Darkness That Could Be Felt, ends. Mathis Zieglar is alone in the cell that once held Vlad Dracula. By feeling his way along the engravings in the wall, he pieces together clues concerning the location of the treasure. But in order to recover the secret, he must combine his knowledge with information held by Sarah Oppenheimer, a bewitching and brilliant beauty who keeps her own secrets. Together, the two must brave the intrigues of the Church and travel through a country in the midst of a Catholic/Muslim war to obtain the treasure. As the inhabitants describe the conflict, they are "caught between two pagans." Mathis and Sarah's last chance to rescue the hostages ends at a farm hiding an alchemist's laboratory and the secret it contains. A secret the sultan and the emperor would kill for.