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A secret lost for a thousand years. A deadly race to keep it buried...
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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...
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I genuinely enjoyed some of 'The Last Templar'. It started out OK and the story was pretty good. The best bits for me were the flashbacks to the 11th and 12th centuries which were interesting and reasonably gripping. There are blatantly obvious comparisons with 'The Da Vinci Code' which I won't go into too much here but gradually, my interest in this story started to wane badly and the main reason was because of the character of Tess.
Tess becomes a major pain and I ended up not caring what happened to her in the slightest. She virtually abondons her child and is seen as being self serving, sex starved and really annoying. At one point she tells Reilly 'Last time I checked I thought I looked pretty damn good'. What a twit! She does have some unconvincing redemption towards the end though. Her love interest Reilly (who she also abandons) is a police officer and he is OK until he falls for Tess and his character becomes increasingly unconvincing and the story as a whole becomes way too far fetched and cliched. There are dark secrets about Jesus Christ, a very intelligent man that becomes a villain, a religious assistant that is also psychotic and secrets hiiden by the Vatican. Sound familiar?
There are some good moments but this story falls quite rapidly into silliness with many characters that you really couldn't care less about and I actually wanted the story to end well before I reached the last page.
Tess becomes a major pain and I ended up not caring what happened to her in the slightest. She virtually abondons her child and is seen as being self serving, sex starved and really annoying. At one point she tells Reilly 'Last time I checked I thought I looked pretty damn good'. What a twit! She does have some unconvincing redemption towards the end though. Her love interest Reilly (who she also abandons) is a police officer and he is OK until he falls for Tess and his character becomes increasingly unconvincing and the story as a whole becomes way too far fetched and cliched. There are dark secrets about Jesus Christ, a very intelligent man that becomes a villain, a religious assistant that is also psychotic and secrets hiiden by the Vatican. Sound familiar?
There are some good moments but this story falls quite rapidly into silliness with many characters that you really couldn't care less about and I actually wanted the story to end well before I reached the last page.
Format:Paperback
Excitement from beginning to end.
I could not put this book down even reading it whilst cooking dinner. Good racey pace, characterisation and easy dialogue. Wonderful!
I could not put this book down even reading it whilst cooking dinner. Good racey pace, characterisation and easy dialogue. Wonderful!
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this after seeing Khoury on the Book Show. Unfortunately I had to abandon the book after two chapters because it's clear that the author has no understanding of the concept of "point of view". I also had just enough time to notice that his characters are not real people, but walking stereotypes. Too painful to read beyond around 12 pages.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A very good read "The Last Templar"
This book is a typical Raymond Khoury novel The story takes you through the historical background of the Templars with a colourful racy pace of events to modern day crime and... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. M. W. G. Kennard
Great book - shame about the P&P
Brilliant book which I really enjoyed - clever plot and very believable - shame it arrived completely tatty, battered and 'soggy'!
Published 6 months ago by Tasi' Nic
One step up from the Da Vinci Code - but still daft
The first thing you start to notice as you get into this book is that it is actually not much more than an adaptation of Dan Brown's book "The Da Vinci Code" but with a different... Read more
Published 7 months ago by A. J. Bradbury
Really good!
I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone. I found it hard to put down as I wanted to know what would happen next. A really great read.
Published 8 months ago by izador43
pacey and clever
Another hasty purchase on the Pont Aven.... can't fault this book. better written than Dan Brown, easily. Very easy to read. Clever use of historical stage at times too....
Published 12 months ago by JrF
Great read
Great author, My husband thoroughly enjoyed this book, held his attention from day one. He shall be reading more of his work.
Published 14 months ago by granny orkney
jesus that was good
what a ride i couldnt put it down
it was as good as a dan brown book
dont hesitate, go for it,
i have now bought all of his books
this is the best but others... Read more
it was as good as a dan brown book
dont hesitate, go for it,
i have now bought all of his books
this is the best but others... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Thomas Davies
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