As a secretary at the battle of Crécy, Hugh West’all has come close to death many times in his short career. But when he leaves the war behind to enter the stone halls of Oxford, he meets John of Wycliffe and soon embarks on a mission even more exciting―and perhaps just as dangerous. Using his scribe’s quill to translate the Bible into English, the language of the common people, Hugh begins to understand the beauty of the gospel as never before. But he and his friends are not safe. The corrupt and decadent church is planning to choke Wycliffe’s translation and silence him forever. "The gilded histories often fail to note how extraordinary times invade ordinary lives. Douglas Bond paints the days of John Wycliffe in full color, showing that the Morningstar rose over filthy streets and jaded lives--and brought real hope to hearts in bondage."--Jeremiah W. Montgomery, Pastor of Resurrection Orthodox Presbyterian Church, State College, Pennylvania; Author of The Dark Harvest trilogy Douglas Bond, author of more than thirty books, is director of the Oxford Creative Writing Master Class, a two-time Grace Award book finalist, a hymn writer and editor, a speaker at conferences and churches in five continents, and a leader of church history tours in Europe.