He just went with the flow, but something went wrong – the boat he was moving by was probably feeling that it did not have to arrive to such destination point. When it was time to decide on the major of his university studies, Michael did not have any ideas other than continuing a business of his father. At least annual Easter trips with his family were the ones that influenced his further desire to move to Devon county and anchor there.

The genuine love for the countryside was, for example, certainly induced by the beauty of the places that he lived in and occasionally visited. However, there still was something about the Michael the world got to know later that emerged on the earliest stages of his life. He was born in 1960 in the county of Surrey, and indeed in no way could any member of his relatives then predict that the new member of Jecks family would appear to show some literary skills. Meet Michael Jecks – an outstanding representative of the modernity who makes the readers plunge into the capturing world of the past. The same would have happened if he had chosen any of the previous jobs that he had – but, luckily, the winding and full of obstacles trail that he had experienced finally led to the literature field and never deviated from this point later. However, the treasury of the British literature would have never be supplemented by the dozens of engaging medieval mystery stories if its citizen, native son of the southern England, had complied with the advice of his father and become an actuary. Especially in the United Kingdom of the late twentieth century, it seemed to be prestigious to follow the dynasty of workers in some concrete sphere. There are millions of examples of the influence of the parents’ occupations on the way that their child will eventually choose to step on and continue. Chronological Order of Knights Templar Mysteries Books Templar's Acre is a prequel to the Knights Templar Mysteries series.

The Abbot's Gibbet by Michael Jecks