I enjoyed this tale of intersecting stories, where each person brings out a little bit more of the tale and then it all comes to a head at the end. It did take me a little while to get into it, but once I did I didn't want to leave it.

One thing I didn't like was the reference to William as African. It's a continent, not a country. I have found it in a few other places lately so I wonder if that is why it stuck out to me. I would have preferred a country name (one specific to the area for the time) or left that he was a Saracen.