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The Last Templar

By Raymond Khoury

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| Hardcover | 9780525949411

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"It has served us well, this myth of Christ."
—Pope Leo X, 16th Century

In a hail of fire and flashing sword, as the burning city of Acre 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 escaContinue

"It has served us well, this myth of Christ."
—Pope Leo X, 16th Century

In a hail of fire and flashing sword, as the burning city of Acre 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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    Shotsmag Reviews - The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury I heard of this book on the grapevine long before the book started selling. An interested brother called me, quietly, from his mobile to warn me that someone had committed an act of gross plagiar ... (read full critics)

    shotsmag published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

  • The Best Reviews: Raymond Khoury, The Last Templar

    "Exciting thriller" In 1291 Acre, the Muslim onslaught devastated the last stronghold of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. As the city burned, Grand Master of the Knights of Templar William of Beaujeu, nearing death, knows they lost here, but sends Aim ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  • As a book published in the midst of the previous "Da Vinci Code", the plot is arguably more realistic, though you still wonder how can it be possible for merely a halfhearted anthropologist to solve all the mystery since the Crusade. It is not a bad choice to know this book in the format of audio m ... (continue)

    As a book published in the midst of the previous "Da Vinci Code", the plot is arguably more realistic, though you still wonder how can it be possible for merely a halfhearted anthropologist to solve all the mystery since the Crusade. It is not a bad choice to know this book in the format of audio media instead of printed pages. One probably can manage listening to it in an autopilot mode. The only caveat is there are too many corny philosophical arguments about religion and faith, and at the mean time the biggest mystery to be unraveled is not a mystery after all: it is just an inquisition of whether Jesus is the son of God, which is already the core belief that divides Judaism and Christianity and you can read a lot more scholarly, esoteric discussion beyond the text of this book. In summary, with the core controversy of the book so well known and historically debated, the book casts less appeal for those readers who are in for another expose-style conspiracy theory.

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