James Wasserman has written several books on the Crusades, including The Templars and the Assassins, An Illustrated History of the Knights Templar, and Templar Heresy. He is the author of the bestselling In the Center of the Fire, co-editor of Pythagoras, and editor of Secret Societies. He is the creator of the benchmark Chronicle Books edition of the full-color Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani. Visit him at jameswassermanbooks.com.