Cosmic crusaders

This is an omnibus of Baphomet's Meteor and Stellar Crusade: Baphomet's Meteor Original edition entitled L'Empire du Baphomet, © 1972 by Editions Fleuve Noir, Paris, France. Stellar Crusade Original edition entitled Croisade Stellaire, © 1974 by Editions Fleuve Noir, Paris, France. Published by arrangement with Editions Fleuve Noir. Baphomet's Meteor (L'Empire du Baphomet) was translated by Bernard Kay and published by DAW in December 1972 as a standalone book. Stellar Crusade (Croisade Stellaire) was translated by C. J. Cherryh and is only available in this omnibus. Stellar Crusade has yet to be published as a separate novel. Cover: Are there parallel dimensions in which history turned out differently? Are there other universes with other Earths where the alternates became the realities? Here are two exciting science fiction novels of such an historical by-pass. Told with the color of the Crusades, reminiscent of the work of Harold Lamb, what would have happened had the Knights of Templar really made the demonic alliance claimed by their royal rivals. The "demon" was Baphomet - a stranded alien - and he gave the Templars the atomic arms and equipment to create an empire Baphomet needed for his own outer-space allies. But even the cunning of an alien could not outwit the fanaticism and determination of the Crusaders bent on conquest - and when they turned his atomic gifts upon Baphomet's home worlds...