I have read all the Raymond Khoury books and they have got gradually better and better.
Sean Reilly and Tess Chaykin
1. The Last Templar (2005)
2. The Templar Salvation (2010)
3. The Devil's Elixir (2011)
Stand Alone
The Sanctuary (2007)
The Sign (2009)
The thing with any book of this type is that it automatically picks up that Dan Brown esque tag, but this is so much different to that, this is more of a Steve Berry, Andy Mcdermott (but less humorous) James Twinings. The plot is more credible the characters more realistic and on the whole the book more rounded.
That said as per any book in this genre you will notice similarities, you will think that things are a little trite and easy at times, but that's the nature of the genre, you want action, adventure, pace and pure mindless fun. This gives most of that, its not the best in the genre, but if you want to switch off and have some fun it does the job.
(Parm)
Product Description
FBI agent Sean Reilly and archaeologist Tess Chaykin, heroes of Raymond Khoury's bestselling Templar novels, return in another edge-of-your-seat thriller that reaches from present day back to 1700s Mexico - and possibly beyond. What if there was a natural drug, previously lost to history in the jungles of Central America, capable of inducing an experience so momentous - and so unsettling - that it might shake the very foundations of Western civilization? What if powerful forces on both sides of the law got wind of that drug and launched a vicious, uncompromising pursuit to possess it? In Raymond Khoury's million-copy-selling Templar novels, Reilly and Tess traveled the globe to unravel ancient mysteries with present-day ramifications. In The Devil's Elixir, they find themselves dragged into a race - against the clock, against a brutal drug kingpin known as "El Brujo" - the sorcerer - and even against government authorities - to merge two divergent trails, one several hundred years old, the other as current as a heartbeat, that could drag humanity to the brink of self-destruction. Packed with the nonstop suspense and unexpected twists Raymond Khoury fans delight in, The Devil's Elixir is destined for bestseller lists everywhere.
