Testament

4 primary works

The Testament

by Eric Van Lustbader

Published 5 September 2006

For more than eight hundred years, two secret societies have been engaged in a deadly, secret war. Since the time of the Crusades, the Order of Gnostic Observatines, a sect founded by followers of St Francis of Assisi, have preserved some ancient documents, protecting them from their sworn enemies, The Knights of St. Clement, a sect founded and sponsored by the Papacy. Among the cache is a long-lost testament attributed to Christ, which, if made public, would shake Christianity to its very foundations, destroying it in the process. When his father dies in mysterious circumstances, 'Bravo' Shaw discovers that his father was a high-ranking member of the Order - the last Keeper of the Testament - and he is his father's chosen successor. An accomplished medieval scholar and cryptanalyst, he must follow the trail of clues left behind by his father, to find the documents' hiding place. But the Knights' assassins are already on his trail, and they will stop at nothing to obtain the documents for themselves. From New York to Paris, Venice and beyond, the race is on for the greatest prize of all time...the Testament.

The Fallen

by Eric Van Lustbader

Published 2 May 2017

In a hidden cave in the mountains of Lebanon, a man brings what has been forbidden for thousands of years out of the darkness and into the light: the Testament of Lucifer.

In Istanbul, Bravo Shaw, member of a secret Franciscan splinter sect, is unearthing the chronicle of a conflict most ancient: the war between Good and Evil, waged to a standstill since time immemorial.

But now Lucifer's advance guard, the Fallen, has arisen. All of humankind is at risk of being enslaved by the forces of evil. Bravo, his ageless confessor Fra Leoni and his blind sister, Emma, are the first and last line of defence against the unleashed chaos. But they may well forfeit far more than just their lives.

Four Dominions

by Eric Van Lustbader

Published 17 July 2018

The End of Days has been predicted for the last two thousand years, but now it is upon us.

A secret war was raged for millennia, a bitter conflict as old as time itself: the battle between Good and Evil. Brother and sister Emma and Bravo Shaw now stand at the epicentre of the confrontation, for they possess the only copy of The Book of Deathly Things – the fallen Archangel Lucifer's first and last Testament.

While Emma and Bravo struggle to decipher the book's dreadful secrets, Lucifer's advance guard, the Fallen, are awakening. Should they can reclaim the Testament, Humankind will be irrevocably enslaved by the forces of evil. Time is running out, leviathan is coming, the apocalypse is nigh.

The Sum of All Shadows

by Eric Van Lustbader

Published 9 July 2019

THE FINAL BATTLE IS HERE.

For millennia, Lucifer – the Sum of All Shadows – has been rebuilding his influence. At long last, he is ready to enact his ultimate revenge against Heaven. To do that, he must first annihilate the world and its inhabitants.

But one extraordinary family stands in his way. To save the world, Bravo and Emma Shaw have recovered the lost Testament, battled across continents, and fought adversaries both powerful and terrifying. But nothing that has come before can prepare them for the final battle. As predicted centuries ago, the End Times have arrived. Lucifer, heading an infernal army, means to destroy the Shaws once and for all. Now, racing to find the lost treasure of King Solomon's alchemical gold, Bravo and Emma must put their trust in strangers in strange lands.

But even if they are successful, their lives may still be forfeit...