This particular volume covered (by and large) only two stories. One was an epic battle between the Islamic forces and the Christian forces. It is told largely in a military history fashion, forgoing character development in favor of discussion of military tactics, strategies, and events. It was not the most interesting of stories. The second prominent story in this volume was a romance tale - personally, I think this particular tale could easily be re-worked by Hollywood for modern audiences (a man is betrothed since childhood. His betrothed loves him with all her heart, but he's somewhat oblivious and falls for another woman. The other woman is a bit of a tease and flirt. The betrothed offers the man advice on how to court his love, even though it pains her incredibly - all she wants is his happiness. It isn't until it's too late that the man realizes that he was chasing after the wrong woman.) ( )