One for The Da Vinci Codefans, a terrific Templars adventure stretching from the Crusades to modern New York and the Vatican. The historical detail is superb yet it doesn’t slow the plot which races along at a hell of a pace. If you are looking for something after Dan Brown, this is definitely it.
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About The Last Templar
A secret lost for a thousand years. A deadly race to keep it buried...1291 AD, Acre. As the city burns under the onslaught of the Sultan's men, the Falcon Temple sets sail, carrying a small band of knights and a mysterious chest entrusted to them by the Order's Grand Master. But the ship vanishes without a trace...Present day New York. At the Metropolitan Museum, four horsemen dressed as Knights Templar storm the gala opening of an exhibition of Vatican treasures and, in a brutal and bloody attack, steal an arcane medieval decoder. For FBI agent Sean Reilly and archaeologist Tess Chaykin this is just the start of a deadly game of cat and mouse as they race across three continents in search of the ruthless killers - and a centuries-old mystery...
A secret lost for a thousand years. A deadly race to keep it buried...
1291 AD, Acre. As the city burns under the onslaught of the Sultan's men, the Falcon Temple sets sail, carrying a small band of knights and a mysterious chest entrusted to them by the Order's Grand Master. But the ship vanishes without a trace...
Present day New York. At the Metropolitan Museum, four horsemen dressed as Knights Templar storm the gala opening of an exhibition of Vatican treasures and, in a brutal and bloody attack, steal an arcane medieval decoder.
For FBI agent Sean Reilly and archaeologist Tess Chaykin this is just the start of a deadly game of cat and mouse as they race across three continents in search of the ruthless killers - and a centuries-old mystery...
Raymond Khoury is the internationally-bestselling author of three previous Reilly novels: The Last Templar, The Templar Salvation and Second Time Around (The Devil's Elixir), as well as two stand-alone thrillers, The Sign and The Sanctuary. Also an acclaimed screenwriter, his credits include the BBC Television series Spooks and Waking the Dead.
A secret lost for a thousand years. A deadly race to keep it buried...1291 AD, Acre.
The Last Templar features in the following genres: Espionage and spy thriller, Debut Books of the Month, Historical Fiction, Thriller and Suspense, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback, Paperback (a Format). £11.69, down from the £12.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Last Templar was written by Raymond Khoury and published by Orion Books an imprint of Orion
The Last Templar has 439 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.
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