Year 1174. The Almohad Empire, strengthened after subduing all of al-Andalus, is preparing to launch its immense armies on the divided Christian kingdoms. Its inhabitants will be forced to convert to Islam under pain of putting them to the sword or making them slaves, but, faced with African fanaticism, King Alfonso of Castilla tries to achieve a balance that overcomes rivalries between Christians and leads to union against the common enemy. In The God's Army, the plots of passion, intrigue, war and ambition are masterfully intertwined. The constant rivalry between the kings of León and Castilla, aided respectively by the powerful Castro and Lara families, will be sifted by the intervention of a beautiful and cunning noblewoman, Urraca López de Haro, and by the shadow maneuvers of Queen Eleanor Plantagenet. On the border with Islam, the Christian Ordoño de Aza will find himself caught between his friendship with an Andalusian, Ibn Sanadid, and his fascination with Safiyya, daughter of