The Templar Salvation

By: Raymond Khoury

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

At last, the book more than a million fans are waiting for: the sequel to The Last Templar.

With its iconic title and unmistakable cover, Raymond Khoury's million-copy- selling The Last Templar remains one of the most memorable thriller publications of the last decade. Finally, after four long years, Khoury returns to the world of the Templars with The Templar Salvation, a sequel that's every bit as eye-popping and as gripping as its predecessor.

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 has no choice but to violate. His love, Tess Chaykin, has been kidnapped; the key to her freedom lays in this underground tomb, in the form of a document known as the Fondo Templari, a secret history of the infamous Templars.

With his trademark blend of incendiary history and edge-of-your-seat suspense, Raymond Khoury's The Templar Salvation marks a triumphant return to the rich territory that launched his best-selling career.

©2010 Raymond Khoury (P)2010 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“[A] sublime narrative. The result is a full-throttle action-adventure thriller wrapped in a political cautionary tale with a gratifyingly eloquent center.” (Library Journal)

“[A] very well-constructed blend of historical mystery and present-day thriller....There’s no denying he’s got the storytelling chops.” (Booklist)

“The constant suspense, ever-mounting body count, and interesting historical lore will keep readers turning the pages.” (Publishers Weekly)

Exceptional, spellbinding, heart pounding

Loved the story from beginning to end. If you love a great thriller I highly recommend this book. The narrator did a great job telling the story.

Great story line. You could feel every action

I especially enjoyed the airplane fight. The reader made it so real, felt like I was there

captivating!

absolutely wonderful. I am new to this author and really enjoyed his book! good read!

Not finished but enjoying...

Really getting into this book and then at 2 hours 10 minutes 32 seconds the book skips, stopping at mid-word and starts up the next chapter. Tried downloading again with the same result. Guess I will have to find a hard copy since it sounded like important dialogue. Looking forward to finishing the book after. Always enjoyed Khoury books and would have rated higher if not for this issue.

well done. great background

love historical fiction. this story makes the hostory and fiction seem so real. very entertaining

A Favorite Author

The more I listen or read, Raymond Khoury is becoming one of my top 3 favorite authors.

Shame there isn’t more books like this

Templar books are honestly the best. I was going to buy that book about the lixer or magic potion. But I read the reviews on it and it said it was absolutely nothing to do with Templar floor or the last two books. Same characters just again nothing to do with Templars.

more of the same

This is the sequel to the Last Templar. Again, agent Sean Reilly is in a race against a terrorist to unravel another Templar secret that will reveal the location of unpublished gospels. The premise is that the contents of these gospel will contradict current Christian teachings and send the Christian world into chaos.

Reilly, and his girl friend, Tess chase the terrorist and clues to this lost Templar treasure. Much of the cleverness in following clues to solve the 700 year old puzzle are abandoned as modern day keepers of the secret simply blurt out what they know to Reilly for no apparent reason...

For my tastes, there was much, too much detail in the fight scenes..especially the final fight scene which I thought would never end. If you like these Templar Knight stories, you will likely enjoy this one but it does not really stand out in anyway over the Last Templar or similar stories by other authors (eg Steve Berry)

loved it

I thoroughly enjoyed this book from the history part to the action the merged hundreds of years like it was easy very much recommended

Superb Story mixed with Truth & History!

I love the characters and think that the author gives you enough about them and their history to feel as though you understand them. Raymond does this without taking time away from the story where others chose to take a bit too much time on that subject.

The book is an amazing fictional work of art I absolutely love that it is filled with History, facts, real places you may have never heard of and so much more.

Finding a book that can thrill you and become so addicting while in fact you are learning about our planet, our history and possibilities that may some day prove to be fact blows my mind.

The Author does need to watch repetition of a word or expression that "makes me let out a small chortle" is my only complaint & Its so little I hate to call it a complaint.

Love you Ray, Tess & Sean too!