The Last Templar
ISBN:
9780143059332 (0143059335)
Publish date: November 23rd 2006
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Series: Templar (#1)
Archaeologist - check Secret that could topple the church - check secret catholic group out to preserve secret - check chunks of exposition to fill in history - check (but at least this involved debate not preaching) Government agent wrestling with conscience - check no, it's not the Da Vinci Code,...
My first read from Khoury, and I am not impressed. I was looking for something more along the lines of Dan Brown's and Steve Berry's writing -- of cryptography / cryptology and of all the wonderful ways of trying to decipher the clues as the tale unfolds -- something more intriguing and mentally eng...
Este livro leva-nos numa viagem pelo mundo dos Templários e os seus segredos. Começa com uma Exposição dos Tesouros do Vaticano, após o 11 de Setembro. em que são roubados alguns artefactos por quatro cavaleiros vestidos de Templários. O porquê desse episódio é o catalisador para uma aventura delici...
It is really hard for a book to qualify for only one star from me. There are soooooo many things that cause it for this one. Not least: it's way too long. Finally, 7/8th of the way through, I just couldn't finish it.
Wow, race over to your bookstore and go right past this clunker. Don't waste money or time on this one. Uninteresting characters and stupid plot twists--one of those books you actually say "no way" and "that's ridiculous" as you go through.