The first thrilling novel in Raymond Khoury’s New York Times bestselling Templar series.
In 1291, a young Templar knight flees the fallen holy land in a hail of fire and flashing sword, setting out to sea with a mysterious chest entrusted to him by the Order's dying grand master. The ship vanishes without a trace.
In present day Manhattan, four masked horsemen dressed as Templar Knights stage a bloody raid on the Metropolitan Museum of Art during an exhibit of Vatican treasures. Emerging with a strange geared device, they disappear into the night.
The investigation that follows draws archaeologist Tess Chaykin and FBI agent Sean Reilly into the dark, hidden history of the crusading knights—and into a deadly game of cat and mouse with ruthless killers—as they race across three continents to recover the lost secret of the Templars.
- ISBN10 0451219953
- ISBN13 9780451219954
- Publish Date 28 November 2006 (first published 7 July 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Books Australia
- Imprint Signet
- Format Paperback (US Tall Rack)
- Pages 544
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780451219954