1291 AD, Acre. As the city burns under the onslaught of the Sultan's men, the Falcon Temple sets sail, carrying a small band of knights and a mysterious chest entrusted to them by the Order's Grand Master. But the ship vanishes without a trace...Present day New York. At the Metropolitan Museum, four horsemen dressed as Knights Templar storm the gala opening of an exhibition of Vatican treasures and, in a brutal and bloody attack, steal an arcane medieval decoder. For FBI agent Sean Reilly and archaeologist Tess Chaykin this is just the start of a deadly game of cat and mouse as they race across three continents in search of the ruthless killers - and a centuries-old mystery...
- ISBN10 0525949410
- ISBN13 9780525949411
- Publish Date 1 February 2006 (first published 7 July 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 31 July 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Dutton Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 406
- Language English