The Temple Covenant

The Temple #3

by D.C. Macey

Hot sun, cold steel. Courage may not be enough.A quiet sabbatical spent visiting archaeological sites in the Great Rift Valley offers Helen Johnson and Sam Cameron the perfect opportunity to unwind and put the violent climax to their recent adventures behind them. But where they go trouble isn't far away.Disturbing alarm bells start to ring when Helen attracts the attentions of the mysterious Bishop Ignatius of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. He is desperate to meet with her and will not take no for an answer.Elsewhere, news breaks that senior British Intelligence Corps Colonel Bob Prentice is missing in Nairobi and security chiefs have cause for concern. Concern turns to panic when it's realised an operational prototype of the British Army's latest super-weapon has vanished too.In a last gasp attempt to retrieve the situation the British Government turns to former Intelligence Corps officer Sam, hoping that his civilian status can keep him under the radar and his old skills might just be enough to turn the problem round.Meanwhile, Helen is co-opted into a role that goes against her every belief - a role that her patriotism demands she fulfil even as she struggles to evade the determined attentions of Bishop Ignatius and his men.Far from the cloudy skies of Edinburgh, a frightening and bloody hunt plays out beneath the burning sun of the East African bush. Racing against the clock, and with scant support, Sam and Helen must risk everything to resolve the challenge of the enigmatic Bishop Ignatius while fighting to preserve the West's place in a dangerous world.This third book in The Temple series may be read as a standalone. Some readers might like to read THE TEMPLE LEGACY and THE TEMPLE SCROLL first since they give the backstory to characters and events featured here.

Genres: Historical Fiction

370 pages, Paperback

Published April 3, 2018

About the author

D. C. Macey is an author and lecturer based in the United Kingdom.

A first career in the Merchant Navy saw Macey’s early working life devoted to travelling the globe. In the process, it gave him an introduction to the mad mix of beauty, kindness, cruelty and inequality that is the human experience everywhere. Between every frantic coastal encounter was a trip across the ocean, which brought the contrast of tranquil moments and offered time for reading, writing and reflection.

Those roving days came to a close, however, with Macey serving as a ship’s officer in the North Sea oil industry.

Several years working in business made it apparent that Macey’s greatest commercial skill was the ability to convert tenners into fivers, effortlessly and unerringly – a skill that ensured Macey had the unwelcome experience of encountering those darker aspects of life that lie beneath the veneer of our developed world and brought fleeting glimpses into the shadows where bad things lurk.

Eventually, life’s turbulence, domestic tragedy and impending poverty demanded a change of course. As a result, more recent years have been spent in the academic world lecturing and producing predominantly corporate media resources, the resultant stability allowing the time and opportunity to return to the written word.

In the current year, Macey has surrendered his lecturing role entirely, stepping away from academia to focus exclusively on his writing.

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmmmm. Here we are at book #3 and it seems that we have rather jumped the shark.

This installment continues the adventures of our intrepid duo, Helen and Sam. Except that in this one, the action moves to Africa, we are supposed to believe that Sam's 3-year hitch in the British Army made him into an intelligence operative with access to some pretty secret information. And, where is the Templar mystery? It only shows up at the very end.

Complaints aside, not a terrible entry. Yet I am still somewhat puzzled about how this entry fits in with the rest.

[Chris Dakin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The reason for reading this book was that the earlier two books in the series were good reads and followed a topic. I found this book, the third in the series, to be a bit of a disappointment and really was misleading as it strayed from the topic of the earlier two books. It seems to me that the author really wants to eke out the original story line to sell more books.
I wouldn’t really recommend this book and as such will not buy the 4th book for the above reasons.

[Laura Poppenwimer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This didn't start out as fast paced as the previous two books, but soon gained speed. The plot weaved through a number of unexpected events and once it got going was very hard to put down. Once I read the first book in this series, I got all 4 books to read back to back and not sorry I did. Great new author, these are the first books I have read by this author.

[C. G. Bereskin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent read. But, the primary connection to the earlier works was limited at best to the characters names. It sounds like book 4 may get back to the original concept though. I wish there had been that greater connection as I really liked the first two books.

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

After reading the temple legacy and the temple scroll was expecting the temple covenant to be just as good or evevn better but is was a bit disappointing lets just hope book 4 in this series is as good as books 1 and 2

[David Laflin · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a brilliant read
A trip into Africa leads Sam and Helen to get involved in the recovery of a British weapon.
In the wrong hands this weapon could be very dangerous.
Helen also meets someone who will further her quest into the Templar mystery she is so famous for.

[Graham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read

I have enjoyed the first two books, and thoroughly enjoyed them. This goes more off base rather than being based in Scotland. I note that book 4 seems to be back to the main story, and look forward to finishing it soon.

[Stonnarae · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely worth reading

[Rosalyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoying this series very much.

[Linda OD · Rating 4 out of 5]

violent

[Alan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointed