The Templar Legacy - Steve Berry

The Templar Legacy

By Steve Berry

  • Release Date: 2006-02-21
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
4
From 643 Ratings

Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Exciting . . . hard to put down without reading one more page.”—The Florida Times-Union

The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes . . . until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the earth, their hidden riches lost. But now two forces vying for the treasure have learned that it is not at all what they thought it was—and its true nature could change the modern world.

Cotton Malone, one-time top operative for the U.S. Justice Department, is enjoying his quiet new life as an antiquarian book dealer in Copenhagen when an unexpected call to action reawakens his hair-trigger instincts—and plunges him back into the cloak-and-dagger world he thought he’d left behind.

It begins with a violent robbery attempt on Cotton’s former supervisor, Stephanie Nelle, who’s far from home on a mission that has nothing to do with national security. Armed with vital clues to a series of centuries-old puzzles scattered across Europe, she means to crack a mystery that has tantalized scholars and fortune-hunters through the ages by finding the legendary cache of wealth and forbidden knowledge thought to have been lost forever when the order of the Knights Templar was exterminated in the fourteenth century. But she’s not alone. Competing for the historic prize— and desperate for the crucial information Stephanie possesses—is Raymond de Roquefort, a shadowy zealot with an army of assassins at his command.

Welcome or not, Cotton seeks to even the odds in the perilous race. But the more he learns about the ancient conspiracy surrounding the Knights Templar, the more he realizes that even more than lives are at stake. At the end of a lethal game of conquest, rife with intrigue, treachery, and craven lust for power, lies a shattering discovery that could rock the civilized world—and, in the wrong hands, bring it to its knees.

Reviews

  • The Templar Legasy

    5
    By Pamalamb
    I really enjoyed this story. Made me think which is good for me. Not sure I liked some of the revelations but interesting! Thanks for the adventure!
  • Good book

    4
    By Dîckhead
    Good book
  • Templar thriller

    5
    By waldhaus1
    I recently had the pleasure of attending a talk the author gave about his work. He described the difficulty he had getting a first book published 85 preceding rejections. I had read a history of the Templars years ago and did remember their forced disbanding. Ivanhoe was my first encounter with them in literature. This story is about a secret continuation of the group and the groups search for lost treasure and archives. Thrilling.
  • Unexpected Priorities

    4
    By MTUser
    This book is fairly well written, with occasional awkwardness where it seems the author was at a loss for the right words. As the novel progressed, I was disappointed to see the author’s anti-Christian bias take place of the story line.
  • Not so good

    1
    By russ kram
    Long,verbose,episodic action,better as a historical discussion of the Catholic Church
  • The Templars Legacy

    5
    By AletseGB
    Very interesting dissertation about a controversial subject. Good arguments knitted along the story. Delighted!
  • Book Review

    5
    By Mystery Story reader
    This was a excellent treasure book connected to the KniGhts TemPlar.
  • The Templar Legacy

    5
    By Awsomest123456789
    Well researched and presented. Believable characters, great plot and hard to put down once you start.
  • Templar

    4
    By Kdill74
    I'm a history buff so I gave this a try. It's a good book. Makes u think. If u like history & mystery mixed give this a try. Will be buying more Steve Berry books.
  • New fav author, this one is a must read.

    4
    By DadinIL
    Good intro, a bit long in the tooth in character personas but expected. Salut to you SB.

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