Constantinople 1203. As the rapacious armies of the Fourth Crusade lay siege to the city a small band of Templars infiltrate the imperial library. They escape with three large chests filled with explosive secrets
- ones they will not live long enough to learn. Vatican City present day. In the hidden archives of the Inquisition FBI agent Sean Reilly has no choice but to violate the trust he has earned. A vicious terrorist has kidnapped Tess Chaykin & the key to her freedom lies in this underground crypt where a secret could explain the real reasons for the Templars' extermination & bring devastation to our world. A pulse-pounding manhunt takes Reilly & Tess across the world as they follow the blood-soaked trail of their enemy a devious uncompromising foe unlike any they have battled before.. .
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The Templar Throne" is the third in Paul Christopher's exciting John Holliday series. The hidden hand which rules history... Army Ranger John Holliday has made it his life's mission to unlock the secrets of the ruthless ancient Templar Order who are as renowned for their hidden wealth & power as for their desperate secrecy. In " The Templar Throne" his quest has him crisscrossing Europe & the US hunting for the True Ark
- a box reputed to hold precious holy relics & the Templars' most powerful secrets. But Holliday's hunt is also a deadly chase. On the trail of the relics are the Vatican Secret Service the CIA & an arcane brotherhood of Templar descendants who know just how much power the Ark holds. & they'll kill anyone in their way..." The Templar Throne" by Paul Christopher is the third instalment in the historical thriller series following John Holliday on his quest to uncover the secrets of the ancient Templar Order. Subsequent titles include " The Templar Conspiracy" " Lost City of the Templars" & " Valley of the Templars". Paul Christopher is the pseudonym of a bestselling US novelist who lives in the Great Lakes region."
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The Holy Land 1291. A war has been raging across these lands for decades. The forces of the Crusaders have been pushed back again & again by the Muslims & now just one city remains in Crusader control. That one city stands between the past & the future. One city which must be defended at all costs. That city is Acre. & into this battle where men will fight to the death to defend their city comes a young boy. Green & scared he has never seen battle before. But he is on the run from a dark past & he has no choice but to stay. & to stay means to fight. That boy is Baldwin de Furnshill. This is the story of the siege of Acre & of the moment Baldwin first charged into battle. This is just the beginning. The rest is history. ...

An ancient secret worth killing for... During the Middle Ages rumours about an ancient Egyptian text spread like wildfire among alchemists. Known as the Emerald Tablet this sacred text was said to contain the secret of creation. Some claimed it was crafted by the Egyptian god Thoth. Others claimed it was written by the Greek god Hermes. But there were a few who believed its true author was none other than Moses himself. Shock waves ripple across the world when an archaeologist is viciously murdered moments after he claims to have found ancient Templar symbols marking the way to a hidden treasure vault. & the discovery of a Maltese cross etched into the bloodied hilt of the dagger in his back makes his claims ring alarmingly true. Caedmon Aisquith Templar expert & hero of Stones of Fire" sets off on a hunt for the vault only to uncover a far more intriguing puzzle
- is the Templar code in fact the key to the long lost mystical Emerald Tablet? Caedmon's quest to decipher the symbols rapidly becomes a desperate struggle against a covert & terrifying enemy who will stop at nothing to use the Emerald Tablet's power to bring about apocalypse. Can anyone halt their deadly mission before all hell is unleashed?"
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Sir Baldwin Furnshill & Bailiff Simon Puttock have been granted leave to go on pilgrimage both seeking solace after the recent traumatic events in Gidleigh. Together they travel across Europe to Santiago de Compostela but as usual danger is never far away. A beautiful young girl is found raped & murdered on a hillside. Baldwin & Simon lend their investigative skills to the local enquiry but the unexpected appearance of a face from Baldwin's past threatens both the investigation & Baldwin's very future. ...

Deep in the jungles of Peru the contest of the century is underway. Its a race to locate a legendary Incan idol
- one carved out
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In this enthralling historical detective story the authors of The Holy Blood & the Holy Grail trace the flight after 1309 of the Knights Templar from Europe to Scotland where the Templar heritage was to take root & would be perpetuated by a network of noble families. That heritage & the Freemasonry that arose from it became inseparable from the Stuart cause. The Temple & the Lodge charts the birth of Freemasonry through the survival of Templar traditions through currents of European thought through the mystery surrounding Rosslyn chapel & through an elite cadre of aristocrats attached as personal bodyguards to the French king. Pursuing Freemasonry through the 17th & 18th Centuries Michael Baigent & Richard Leigh reveal its contribution to the fostering of tolerance progressive values & cohesion in English society which helped to pre-empt a French-style revolution. Even more dramatically the influence of Freemasonry emerges as key facto in the formation of the United States of America as an embodiment of the ideal ' Masonic Republic'. ...

One of the world's holiest sites hides a secret worth killing for.. . Thomas Lourds the world's foremost scholar of ancient languages is contacted by an old friend Dr Lev Strauss. A long-lost ancient scripture has been discovered which holds the key to one of the world's greatest treasures hidden under the legendary Temple Mount. Lourds rushes to Jerusalem to inspect Strauss' find. But on arrival he learns his friend has been murdered. The book has vanished. Lourds knows he must uncover the murderer & track down the missing manuscript. Because this ancient artefact contains a hidden code. A code that will give its solver access to a formidable & frightening power. The fate of humankind rests in Lourds's hands. But time is not on his side.. . ...

Another brilliant Wilde/ Chase thriller from one of the best in the business
- Andy Mc Dermott. Archaeologist Nina Wilde's life
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A stunningly inventive breakthrough novel that takes the fantasy genre into a new dimension; this fourth novel in the Sword of Truth sequence takes the series on to much darker ground without losing any of its powerful magic & mystery any of its gripping storytelling quality. ...