Europe, 1480s. In war-plagued Western Europe, what hope is there for a Christian boy who meets a Muslim girl?

The Wool Translator, a historical fiction odyssey set in fifteenth century Europe, traces two child prodigies from countries divided by distance, religion and ancient prejudices. Newt is from England, Aisha from the Nasrid Kingdom of Andalusia (now southern Spain). They meet against all odds only to have warfare drive them apart. Their effort to reunite is aided by their tutor, Peter, a young priest from the Universities of Paris. But Peter has a goal of his own: to rescue Arabic books from the libraries of Granada before that last city of the Nasrid Kingdom falls to the armies of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand.