The Heretic by Joseph Nassise

The Heretic (Templar Chronicles, #1)

by Joseph Nassise

"At the end of the First Crusade, the church

created a monastic military order known

as the Knights Templar. Now, rising up from

the ashes of history, they are the Vatican's last

defense in the war between good and evil..."

AN ANCIENT ARMY REBORN

Cade Williams is no ordinary man. His ability to cross over to the other side makes him uniquely qualified to command the Church's special operations division. As a modern-day Knight, Cade can use the curse that has scarred his soul as a weapon against the forces of darkness. But a new kind of unholy war is brewing -- and soon Cade may be the last man standing...between the living and the dead.

AN ANCIENT MYSTERY RESURRECTED

The desecration of Templar cemeteries has sparked a full-scale investigation. Cade and his team suspect that a cabal of necromancers is behind it all. Their purpose: to claim the legendary powers of a lost holy relic for their own ungodly campaign. For Cade, there's only one way to stop them -- by tracking the dead himself...crossing the most sacred of battle lines...and facing his own terrifying demons.

Reviewed by clairelm on

4 of 5 stars

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I really really enjoyed this book and, if I could, it would get 4.5 stars.

I was slightly confused when the book first started as it was almost in the middle of the story but the back story soon became clear and it hooked me in.

The core characters were well defined but with enough left unsaid to give them a mysterious edge.

One thing I did like was the fact that, unlike many other books that fit the same genre as this one, there was no romance and nothing to distract from the story.

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