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The Templar Salvation (Templar #2)
At last, the book more than a million fans are waiting for: the sequel to The Last Templar.
With its iconic title and unmistakable cover, Raymond Khoury's million-copy- selling The Last Templar remains one of the most memorable thriller publications of the last decade. Finally, after four long years, Khoury returns to the world of the Templars with The Templar Salvation,...more
With its iconic title and unmistakable cover, Raymond Khoury's million-copy- selling The Last Templar remains one of the most memorable thriller publications of the last decade. Finally, after four long years, Khoury returns to the world of the Templars with The Templar Salvation,...more
Hardcover, 405 pages
Published
October 19th 2010
by Dutton Adult
(first published January 1st 2010)
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"The Templar Salvation" was solid, but nothing special.
The action scenes were spot-on, as one would want in a book like this. Also, I really enjoyed the historical flashback chapters; in fact, I could have used more of them.
One sorta issue is I didn't particularly feel anything--positive or negative--for the main characters, Reilly and Tess. Nothing unique about them, in my opinion. Ironically, I cared more about Conrad and Maysoon in the 14th century.
Not necessarily part of the review, but I th...more
The action scenes were spot-on, as one would want in a book like this. Also, I really enjoyed the historical flashback chapters; in fact, I could have used more of them.
One sorta issue is I didn't particularly feel anything--positive or negative--for the main characters, Reilly and Tess. Nothing unique about them, in my opinion. Ironically, I cared more about Conrad and Maysoon in the 14th century.
Not necessarily part of the review, but I th...more
I enjoyed reading Raymond Khoury's popular book “The Last Templar,” and I enjoyed “The Templar Salvation,” a sequel that's every bit as exciting as the first, perhaps even more so. In the style of “The Last Templar,” Khoury’s “The Templar Salvation” begins with a bang in flashback and then moves to modern times. As the armies of the Fourth Crusade lay siege to Constantinople in 1203, a small group of Templar Knights sneak into the imperial library. They escape with three heavy chests, filled wit...more
I give this book 4 of 5 for the story, but 2 of 5 for the hidden agenda. The Templar Salvation by Raymond displays a biased agenda that does not become clear until page 448. That in itself should not discourage one from reading what is an entertaining story with considerable interesting historical material. Most books have an agenda, however, Khoury’s book is disappointing in that it is one of the cloud of books recently written to cast doubt on the Christian faith by twisting historical facts a...more
Inhalt: 1203 rettet ein Trupp Templer einen unsagbaren Schatz aus dem durch die Kreuzzüge belagerten Konstantinopel. Doch die Templer kommen nicht weit. In einem kleinen, versteckt in den Bergen der heutigen Türkei gelegenen Kloster, werden sie von den dortigen Mönchen umgebracht, denn diese haben die Gefahr durch den Schatz der Templer erkannt.
Zur heutigen Zeit werden drei Archäologen von einem unbekannten als Geisel genommen, das Ziel des unbekannten ist es, den Schatz der Templer zu ergattern...more
Zur heutigen Zeit werden drei Archäologen von einem unbekannten als Geisel genommen, das Ziel des unbekannten ist es, den Schatz der Templer zu ergattern...more
Khoury's books are always a good read. Like many of the genre, it has the cliched villain who repeatedly survives near death experiences ("he's alive? I thought I killed him 50 pages ago"). However, it also has a few entertaining twists and turns and an interesting dual story line. The book switches back and forth between the story of a Templar knight's adventures protecting and hiding a collection of ancient early Christian religious texts and the modern (and violent) search for the same texts....more
Raymond Khoury's The Templar Salvation (2010) sequel to The Last Templar (2006) is better than the original. Like the original, The Templar Salvation presents a story of lost/hidden church secrets with dual time lines, a lot of historical detail, and plenty of action.
In the present day, Khoury brings back FBI agent Sean Reilly and archeologist Tess Chaykin in a race with terrorist Mansoor Zahed to find a cache of early Christian documents. In 1203, while the Fourth Crusade siege of Constantinopl...more
In the present day, Khoury brings back FBI agent Sean Reilly and archeologist Tess Chaykin in a race with terrorist Mansoor Zahed to find a cache of early Christian documents. In 1203, while the Fourth Crusade siege of Constantinopl...more
This sequel to The Last Templar finds us catching up with Tess Chaykin and Sean Reilly - and discovering that their happily ever after wasn't quite so happy, or ever after.
Following the formula he established in The Last Templar, The Templar Salvation starts off with a historical prologue before bringing us to the current day, when we are dropped down mid-mission with Reilly in Vatican City. Reilly's doing the unthinkable, and using his connections to get into the Vatican Archives, where he can...more
Following the formula he established in The Last Templar, The Templar Salvation starts off with a historical prologue before bringing us to the current day, when we are dropped down mid-mission with Reilly in Vatican City. Reilly's doing the unthinkable, and using his connections to get into the Vatican Archives, where he can...more
That author Raymond Khoury is an excellent storyteller is no surprise. He has demonstrated his skills in this regard amply over the course of the three novels he released prior to his latest one, "The Templar Salvation." What surprises about "The Templar Salvation" is that it's even better than the immensely enjoyable novel to which it's a sequel, "The Last Templar."
"The Templar Salvation" mesmerizes for a variety of reasons, but it's difficult to list any of them above the intricate historical,...more
"The Templar Salvation" mesmerizes for a variety of reasons, but it's difficult to list any of them above the intricate historical,...more
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Question: Has Raymond Khoury ever been introduced to an editor?
Answer: Apparently not, as evidenced by his latest novel, "The Templar Salvation."
Overall, the book was a fun read, if you're looking for something to fit into your "beach/plane ride fodder" category. But it could have EASILY been chopped down by 100 pages or so. I don't mind long books. Not at all. But I mind them when they become mind-numbingly boring and force me to skim. I don't want to skim. I want to read. That's the whole poin...more
Answer: Apparently not, as evidenced by his latest novel, "The Templar Salvation."
Overall, the book was a fun read, if you're looking for something to fit into your "beach/plane ride fodder" category. But it could have EASILY been chopped down by 100 pages or so. I don't mind long books. Not at all. But I mind them when they become mind-numbingly boring and force me to skim. I don't want to skim. I want to read. That's the whole poin...more
It was the book that wouldn't end. Had someone edited about 100 pages out of this book, mostly taking out the lectures, it would have moved along more swiftly and made it an enjoyable suspense quest novel.
Not sure if the reference to Berry's Cotton Malone was indicating some future collaboration or simply acknowledging a similar readership and of course the very similarly titled prior efforts by both authors which were released very close to one another (The Templar Legacy by Berry, and The Last...more
Not sure if the reference to Berry's Cotton Malone was indicating some future collaboration or simply acknowledging a similar readership and of course the very similarly titled prior efforts by both authors which were released very close to one another (The Templar Legacy by Berry, and The Last...more
Raymond Khoury's right up there with Dan Brown when it comes to convincingly-crafted, religious artifact-debunking tales of action, evil and adventure. Probably the biggest difference between the two is that Khoury tends toward more exotic locales and his hero, Sean Reilly, is an FBI agent rather than a professorial type. "The Templar Salvation" plunges Reilly into a tense hunt for ancient manuscripts believed spirited to a Turkish burial by rogue Templar knights in the 13th century. Reilly at f...more
The Sequel to The Last Templar, now who would have thought there could be a sequel to a novel with the word Last in the title, by Raymond Khoury. It is a nice twist on the Templar genre...an Iranian agent is intent on destroy the basis of Western Civilization and decides that a Templar Hoard of gnostic gospels which would fracture the underpinings of Christianity is just the trick. The Iranian is a vicious cruel man with an agenda that encompasses bombings, murders, torture and a willingness to...more
This is an action suspense thriller which could make a decent movie. The premise is interesting but stretched a little thin. The little pieces of Templar history are tantalizing but the modern bad guy's plot isn't very believable. The setting in Turkey is fun but the writing is hackneyed(i.e. he put on his "inner cowboy"). The dialog is mostly lecture or lame jokes. The action is almost unrelenting, which for fans of this genre is probably good, but for the rest of us, it is wearying. The only c...more
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Article first published as Book Review: The Templar Salvation by Raymond Khoury on Blogcritics.
“The Templar Salvation” by Raymond Khoury is the long awaited fictional sequel to “The Last Templar“. The Knights Templar existed for more than two hundred years doing the bidding of the Roman Catholic Church. At some point the knights have fallen out of favor with the Pope, were hunted down and took their secrets (and some say artifacts) to the grave.
Conrad, one of the last of...more
Article first published as Book Review: The Templar Salvation by Raymond Khoury on Blogcritics.
“The Templar Salvation” by Raymond Khoury is the long awaited fictional sequel to “The Last Templar“. The Knights Templar existed for more than two hundred years doing the bidding of the Roman Catholic Church. At some point the knights have fallen out of favor with the Pope, were hunted down and took their secrets (and some say artifacts) to the grave.
Conrad, one of the last of...more
I love Raymond Khoury's books - they are definitely page turners! This book was a quick and easy read. The action was fast-paced and there was never a lull in the story. The locations around the Mediterrean countries made for a very interesting story, and the history added in was icing on the cake.
Oh book, what am I going to do with you?
Honestly, I am torn when it comes to rating this book. On the one hand I find the whole plot very entertaining and the book turned out to be a pageturner, at least the first 2/3 are. But then I literally had to force myself to continue reading because the end nearly consists of fights. Fights that are maybe like 20-40 pages long. And seriously? This bores me to tears! Especially since it's clear that the hero will be alive (book 3 anybody?). *sigh*
Plus, t...more
Honestly, I am torn when it comes to rating this book. On the one hand I find the whole plot very entertaining and the book turned out to be a pageturner, at least the first 2/3 are. But then I literally had to force myself to continue reading because the end nearly consists of fights. Fights that are maybe like 20-40 pages long. And seriously? This bores me to tears! Especially since it's clear that the hero will be alive (book 3 anybody?). *sigh*
Plus, t...more
Decent, for a standard Templars-have-a-secret-that-will-destroy-Christianity thriller. I usually enjoy these, because I have a different interest in the Knights Templar, but the "secrets" for each tale, from Knight & Lomas's "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" through Mr. Dan Brown's best-selling, but woefully fanciful, tomes, and all his imitators, evince a terrible dearth of real scholarship into church history, the formation of the canon, the Council of Nicaea, etc. I mention this only because so ma...more
OK, I read "The Last Templar" which was fun and OK (despite a stinker of a TV movie) and "The Sanctuary," which was in the same vein but somewhat disappointing. So here I am with "The Templar Salvation." I consider this to be a better work than "The Last Templar," even though the plotline is almost identical (The Vatican has a line on some documents, namely the very diverse writings about Christ that puts into doubt the "divine revelation" of the New Testament as presented) to the previous one....more
I love the mystery and history of the Templars but I am tired of stories about finding what they supposedly had hidden that let them blackmail the Pope and grow their riches and power, with evil people also looking for the missing stuff and arguments about whether to show this stuff (usually lost gospels) to the world because it will change their view on their religion or some other nonsense.
Why can't you just follow the trails and clues but NOT have your life in danger every second from some ma...more
Why can't you just follow the trails and clues but NOT have your life in danger every second from some ma...more
Feb 01, 2011
Bernie Charbonneau
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Any Conspiracy Theorist
Shelves:
library-book,
templar-lure
Having read all of Mr. Khourys novels, I look forward to a new conspiracy book. This one is no different and if you enjoyed his first novel, The Last Templar, then this is a must read. He brings back the same F.B.I. agent, Sean Reilly and his love interest Tess Chaykin, to again chase down lost Templar treasure. I don't believe that you have to read the first novel to follow this adventure but it would help to establish the connection that they have together in chasing down old Templar lore. I m...more
This is the book "The DiVinci Code" wanted to be but wasn't. It is an exciting adventure, as was "The DiVinci Code," but the "religious" aspects of this book were actually based on history, rather than speculation. There are only two things keeping this book from a higher rating:
1. I don't believe that finding out there were alternative gospels and writings to that which is in the Bible would be as devastating as does the author.
2. A lot of the early adventure as, supposedly, no one knew what th...more
1. I don't believe that finding out there were alternative gospels and writings to that which is in the Bible would be as devastating as does the author.
2. A lot of the early adventure as, supposedly, no one knew what th...more
This is the sequel to The Last Templar. I categorized The Last Templar as "brain candy," and this falls into that category as well. The protagonists are the same for this adventure. I enjoyed the various locations. While I don't dislike Khoury, and I really enjoyed The Sanctuary by him, I've found other Templar books that have pulled me into the story more, like Steve Berry or Dan Brown. With his pacing, I seem to recall that Khoury had a background as a screen writer. I do think the bad guy in...more
Khoury’s sequel to The Last Templar, this book is a fast-paced tale that rockets over seventeen centuries, from the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD to today’s Turkey. FBI Agent Sean Reilly returns, this time to rescue his kidnapped love, Tess Chaykin. Khoury offers his best-drawn villain, an Iranian Islamic extremist whose goal is nothing less than undermining, if not pulling down, the entire structure of Christianity. A great weekend escapist read, but beware: The dialogue of Khoury’s protagonists...more
Wow I loved this book. I love a good Templar yarn and I was not disappointed by that of Conrad and Maysoon. The back drop story was just as exciting as the present day story. Rielly and Tess worked well as a couple for me. The protagonist Zahed was very believable. You can almost see his point. We as a country (USA) kind of did create the beast that is our current day Moslem Extremism. So in point of factual history are displyed and brought out. Even Reilly can understand Zahed's anger. In closi...more
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Hard to put down. When the armies of the Fourth Crusade are beseiging Constantinople in 1203, a small group of Templars make their way into the imperial library where they acquire three trunks full of ancient documents. These documents were greatly change the views of the Church at that time, so they are carefully hidden and are lost for centuries. In the present day, archaeologist Tess Chaykin and Sean Reilly, an FBI agent are looking for them, as well as an Iranian terrorist who wants to use t...more
Starts with some of the Templars running for their life but they are carrying a cart with 3 footlockers full of documents. It was in the time that the Pope had disbanded the Templars. Then it fast forward to the present time where a person discovers some information related to what the Templars were carrying. An Iranian terrorist abducts sthe person and the document and with the abduction an FBI agent cosmes from the USA to rescue the lady that was abducted. The book goes back in history to the...more
I am always intrigued by books about the Knights Templar. Who were these Knights and what was their purpose? Raymond Khoury has a lot of historical facts in this book along with a fictional story revolving around FBI Agent Sean Reilly and his girlfriend Tess Chaykin. In this book, they are battling a fanatical Iranian for access to ancient scrolls which could cause much confusion in the Christian world. The book keeps you turning pages from the ancient world of Conrad, one of the last Templars,...more
Warning: continuous violence. Okay, the characters were a bit unbelievable and the action was over the top, but it was a fun read. I especially liked the summaries of the historical background of Christianity. That in itself should be required reading. It was a simple explanation of the political motivations at the time for "creating" a church that would be useful to those in power. I've read many complicated explanations of what happened at the Council of Nicaea, but the one in this book makes...more
Apr 07, 2012
Terry (Ter05 TwiMoms/ MundieMoms)
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
could-not-put-it-down-books,
historical
This is the sequel to The Last Templar which I gave five stars to. I liked this one a lot but not as much as the first one simply because it was so tense. I am kind of off my usual type of books here anyway, but still would highly recommend these two books. I guess I don't like being so worried about the characters as I was in this one, but that shows that the author made me care about them.
I love the way this author in both books is writing about characters in the 13th century but is also writi...more
I love the way this author in both books is writing about characters in the 13th century but is also writi...more
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I've always enjoyed Historical Thriller novels, and I'm not ashamed to admit that Dan Brown introduced me to them. This eventually led me to Raymond Khoury and notably the prequel to 'The Templar Salvation' his 2006 novel 'The Last Templar'.
Sean Reilly and Tess Chaykin return for this sequel and are up against an Iranian Extremist who plans to follow the actions of a documented Templar from the 13th Century to discover the ultimate lode that can turn Christianity on its head.
The good points her...more
Sean Reilly and Tess Chaykin return for this sequel and are up against an Iranian Extremist who plans to follow the actions of a documented Templar from the 13th Century to discover the ultimate lode that can turn Christianity on its head.
The good points her...more
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Raymond moved to Rye, New York, from his native Lebanon at the outbreak of the civil war there in 1975. After graduating from Rye Country Day School, he returned to Lebanon to study architecture at the American University of Beirut. During his years there, in between repeated flare-ups of fighting, he illustrated several children's books for Oxford University Press's Middle East office. Raymond co...more
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