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false <![CDATA[The Sanctuary]]> 376008 17 In the powerful new thriller from the author of the international bestseller The Last Templar, a geneticist and a CIA agent on a deadly quest to find the most dangerous book in the world discover a secret that has destroyed everyone in its path for centuries Naples, 1750. In the dead of night, three men with swords burst into the palazzo of a marquis. Their leader, the Prince of San Severo, accuses the marquis of being an imposter, and demands to know a secret only the marquis harbors. In the fight that ensues, the false marquis escapes over the rooftops of Naples, leaving behind a burning palazzo and a raging prince now obsessed with finding his quarry at any cost. Baghdad, 2003. An army unit on a routine mission makes a horrifying discovery: a state- of-the-art, concealed lab where dozensmen, women, childrenhave died, the subjects of gruesome experiments. The mysterious scientist they were after, a man believed to be working on a bioweapon and known only as the hakeemthe doctorescapes, taking with him the startling truth about his work. A puzzling clue is left behind: a circular symbol of a snake feeding on its own tail. As the power of the symbol comes to light, revealing the centuries of destruction left in its wake, one unsuspecting woman stands at the center of a conspiracy that could change the world forever. In the masterful hands of international bestseller Raymond Khoury, The Sanctuary delivers the same rapid-fire suspense and provocative scholarship that made The Last Templar a coast-to-coast blockbuster. 2812796 21 8 2007 The Sanctuary total:432|5:39|4:140|3:166|2:72|1:15| 432 1412 697 84 2 2 false false Sat Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 16:03:51 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 11:47:25 -0700 2008
The plot - not the most original... but at least it was not quasi-religous....it was all reasonably straightforward with little in the way of twists and turns.

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Now the bad. I guess Mr. Khoury has some sort of grudge against religion because he does nothing but trash religion. About the momen...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 14:37:08 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 14:41:52 -0800 2008 This one was heavy on the chases and light on the information and intellectual puzzles and reason why the information was SO important that people had to die for it.
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I found out after flipping through the book that Raymond Khoury also wrote The Last Templar, which I had seen turned into a mini-s...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 05:58:55 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 15 05:42:11 -0800 2008 2 1 false false Thu Oct 23 12:36:31 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 11 10:09:54 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 14:55:27 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 16:40:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 10:49:29 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 10:55:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 07:35:23 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 21:49:35 -0800 2009 Lost City by Clive Cussler) I realize...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 00:06:29 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 03:31:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 01 05:52:46 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 05:55:14 -0700 2008
Khoury's first book was a best-selling suspense novel, the Last Templar. This one is also on the best-seller list and is by all means a page turner.

Ironically, my daughter picked up on something that I hadn't....more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 12 09:43:07 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 09:43:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 07 09:34:15 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 09:36:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 12:55:04 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 12:59:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 13:17:50 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 13:20:17 -0700 2009 It is a quick read and manages to stay interesting.
This is another of those two story line books where it switches each chapter-which seems to be very in style these days. ]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 17:45:56 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 17:54:51 -0700 2008
Why I read authors twice when I was disappointed the first time, I don't know. I've done it a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 08:50:19 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 08:55:36 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 04:38:39 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 04:43:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 14:28:27 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 14:29:20 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=376008