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Book Description:
—Pope Leo X, 16th Century
In a hail of fire and flashing sword, as the burning city of Jerusalem falls from the hands of the West in 1291, The Last Templar opens with a young Templar knight, his mentor, and a handful of others escaping to the sea carrying a mysterious chest entrusted to them by the Order’s dying Grand Master. The ship vanishes without a trace.
In present day Manhattan, four masked horsemen dressed as Templar Knights emerge from Central Park and ride up the Fifth Avenue steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the blacktie opening of a Treasures of the Vatican exhibit. Storming through the crowds, the horsemen brutally attack anyone standing between them and their prize. Attending the gala, archaeologist Tess Chaykin watches in silent terror as the leader of the horsemen hones in on one piece in particular, a strange geared device. He utters a few cryptic Latin words as he takes hold of it with reverence before leading the horsemen out and disappearing into the night.
In the aftermath, an FBI investigation is led by anti-terrorist specialist Sean Reilly. Soon, he and Tess are drawn into the dark, hidden history of the crusading Knights, plunging them into a deadly game of cat and mouse with ruthless killers as they race across three continents to recover the lost secret of the Templars.
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Peggy L. (Yet another insipid entry into the "make me into a movie!" thriller/romance genre. Even the "shocking" surprise is a bore- yet another religious conspiracy theory, and one that isn't even really fleshed out or explained. I suspect it was tamed down for the very purpose of avoiding any controvery should it be made into the movie it so desperately wishes to be. Go read James Patterson or even Dan Brown instead.
Rachel R. (while it wasn't as puzzle centric as say the DaVinci Code the story was engaging and the characters likeable. I'd recommend it. It's been years since I've read the DaVinci code and really didn't recall much of it while engrossed in this book on a 4 hour flight.
Linda P. (Good story line, but basically the Davinci Code in reverse - female academic, male cop, but starts in a museum with a brutal attack.
Mary Elizabeth H. from BATON ROUGE, LA wrote on 3/28/2007...Not the greatest of the Templar conspiracy novels but still entertaining.
Susan J. B. from SEATTLE, WA wrote on 6/5/2006...Could not put this down. An amazing tale that fits a lot of the pieces of what happened to the Templars into a new and exciting puzzle.
Linda S. from ELK GROVE, CA wrote on 5/11/2006...fast paced, easy read. A fun who done it with a little history thrown in.
Absolutely fantastic book!!! It was an interesting take on the Knights Templar and was filled with exciting twists and riveting suspense. I would certainly recommend this book to anyone interested in a great page turner!
Alice H. (Interesting story, but characterization a bit too transparent, and it tends to unravel in the last quarter of the book.
A good fun read. I used it as a break from so-called speculative history on the topic. It was fun to let a story tell take you down a path you know well...then at some point jump off the beaten path. Good fun.
Lori N. (Wonderful Templar adventure. Very exciting.
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Decent read - very much a wannabe Da Vinci Code, but I like that stuff so it was fine. Would I rave about it - no - but I wouldn't tell people not to read it either. Good vacation read.
Brittany S. (Hard to put down....very good Templar novel!
Nymphadora T. (It's really not fair to read this after reading "The Da Vinci Code". These books aren't even in the same league. I am sure Raymond Khoury is a nice enough writer, but that other Templar book just blows this out of the water.
Darlene S. wrote on 9/14/2007...Very interesting concepts. Nicely written storyline.
An interesting book with a lot of twists and turns.