It portrays the events surrounding the Siege of Malta in the 16th century, at that time held by the Knights Hospitaller and by Suleiman the Magnificent.
If given the command, a dashing young knight named Jean Parisot de Valette would have stood the onslaught and defended the island.
[1][2] After 42 years, the Turkish army of Suleiman strikes again and the Hospitallers face the same crisis at the besieged fortress at Malta, a war against Christendom.
The circumstances, however, are different this time as assisted by his fellow knights, de Valette bravely puts up a fierce fight against the invading Turks.
[1] — The St. Linus Review — Michael Whitcraft for The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property —Nth Degree: The Fiction and Fandom 'Zine.