The Templar Salvation
Four years after THE LAST TEMPLAR, Reilly and Tess are back, on the trail of the Templars’ legacy in this long-awaited follow-up to the number one international bestseller…
“Sublime narrative … From the earliest pages, when we learn of Tess’s abduction at the hands of an Iranian zealot to the climax 400 pages later, the action and the intrigue never cease. The result is a full-throttle action-adventure thriller wrapped in a political cautionary tale with a gratifyingly eloquent center.” Library Journal (Laura Cifelli)
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Constantinople, 1203: As the rapacious armies of the Fourth Crusade lay siege to the city, a secretive band of Templars infiltrate the imperial library. Their target: a cache of documents that must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the Doge of Venice. They escape with three heavy chests, filled with explosive secrets that these men will not live long enough to learn.
Vatican City, present day: FBI agent Sean Reilly infiltrates the Pope’s massive Vatican Secret Archives of the Inquisition. No one but the Pope’s trusted secondi get in—but Reilly has earned the Vatican’s trust, a trust he now has no choice but to violate. A vicious, uncompromising terrorist bent on revenge has kidnapped Tess Chaykin, and the key to her freedom lies in this underground crypt, in the form of a document unread for generations. It is known as the Fondo Templari, a secret history of the infamous Templars that may reveal the explosive secret behind their centuries-old extermination—and in the process illuminate a lost corner of history and its colossal 21st century implications.
As the bodies pile up, Reilly soon realizes that this is a foe unlike any he has battled before. An urgent, pulse-pounding manhunt will take him and Tess from Jordan to the Vatican, Istanbul and far into the Turkish hinterland and the otherworldly landscapes and underground citadels of Cappadoccia as they follow the bloodsoaked trail of their enemy and the Templars’ lost legacy.
With his trademark blend of edge-of-your-seat suspense and incendiary historical research, The Templar Salvation marks a triumphant return to the rich territory that launched this author’s bestselling career.
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After THE LAST TEMPLAR, I wasn’t thinking about a sequel at all. I had the idea for THE SANCTUARY, and it didn’t feel right for me to make it a Reilly & Tess story–for reasons that will become more obvious if and when you read it. When I finished it, I then wanted to write THE SIGN–again, not with Reilly & Tess in mind. Then, as I started thinking about what would ultimately become THE DEVIL’S ELIXIR, this story came along, out of the blue–and I just had to write it. So I put Elixir aside and dove into it, and had a blast finding Reilly & Tess again and imagining what had become of them since that first book…
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