The Templar Legacy

A Novel

De: Steve Berry

Narrado por: Paul Michael

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Exciting . . . hard to put down without reading one more page.”—The Florida Times-Union

The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes . . . until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the earth, their hidden riches lost. But now two forces vying for the treasure have learned that it is not at all what they thought it was—and its true nature could change the modern world.

Cotton Malone, one-time top operative for the U.S. Justice Department, is enjoying his quiet new life as an antiquarian book dealer in Copenhagen when an unexpected call to action reawakens his hair-trigger instincts—and plunges him back into the cloak-and-dagger world he thought he’d left behind.

It begins with a violent robbery attempt on Cotton’s former supervisor, Stephanie Nelle, who’s far from home on a mission that has nothing to do with national security. Armed with vital clues to a series of centuries-old puzzles scattered across Europe, she means to crack a mystery that has tantalized scholars and fortune-hunters through the ages by finding the legendary cache of wealth and forbidden knowledge thought to have been lost forever when the order of the Knights Templar was exterminated in the fourteenth century.

But she’s not alone. Competing for the historic prize—and desperate for the crucial information Stephanie possesses—is Raymond de Roquefort, a shadowy zealot with an army of assassins at his command.

Welcome or not, Cotton seeks to even the odds in the perilous race. But the more he learns about the ancient conspiracy surrounding the Knights Templar, the more he realizes that even more than lives are at stake. At the end of a lethal game of conquest, rife with intrigue, treachery, and craven lust for power, lies a shattering discovery that could rock the civilized world—and, in the wrong hands, bring it to its knees.

©2006 Steve Berry (P)2006 Books on Tape

Fictous

If you keep in mind that this is fictitious, based around some history and some just made up facts the story is interesting and well done. Even though not catholic, I found it to be anti-catholic and theologically very narrow. The author seems to be playing on the whole Gnostic gospel movement for revisionist history. I have read other stories using the some of the basic premises and found them more believable fiction. Some will enjoy, some will be offended and some with knowledge of history and theology will be baffled by the interplay between fact and fiction. The authors notes are important part of this book to understand what is fiction and what is history.

Distortions

The book presents incorrect "facts" about what is written in the Bible to weave an otherwise good story.

gives the da vinci code run for it money

I liked this book it kept me wanting more, at time I just sat in the car not wanting to go in.
I read and seen the Da vinci code, and I think this would make a good film as well. it's well Narrated, and he uses his voice to entertain you.

Reminiscent of De Vinci Code

Enjoyable listening that made me want to visit France again and to see Denmark too.
Enjoyed the narrator a great deal. Super performance.

Knights Passed

As myself a Knight of Columbus, it was entertaining. Enjoyed it very much, listen to it twice.

This one is a miss

I enjoy both action novels and historical novels. This novel attempts to combine the genres but unfortunately fails in both. It requires real concentration to listen.

A little hard to follow all of the characters

Enjoyable story with a lot of trills and history of the knights. Narrator did an excellent job!

Classic

Love this story very much. Beautifully told, great writing and awesome narration. Steve Berry is great

Wow!

This is a new spin on the underground reflections. I find it against my personal grain but the tale has some attraction. The main complaint is the pseudo French accent in the reader which does become monotonous

Overall it will provide thoughts to reflect on, thus is an intriguing book in itself.

Great listen

The imagination that went into this is amazing. I love the narrators voice as well.