it really is intriguing if you like the controversies surrounding the old testament.Bringing into the plot that the burnt library of alexandria may still exist is a bit far- fetched (After all its not child's play to hide something so massive from the world for 1500 years), but the story is still satisfying as there are not any loopholes in the plot.Berry has done a great work to popularize the theory of the lebanese historian and scholar kamal salibi. It made me look up his name on the net and find a great deal of his work on the book 'the bible is from arabia' which has supplied berry's book with all the theories surrounding the old testament.I think its a great follow-up of the lead character cotton malone's adventures. read it only after reading the 'templar legacy'.