Raymond Khoury: THE LAST TEMPLAR

It has served us well, this myth of Christ.
- Popé Leo X, 16th century

1291 AD, Acre. As the city bums under the onslaught of the Sultan's men, the Falcon Temple sets sail, carrying a small bánd of knights and a mysterious chest entrusted to them by the Order's Grand Master. The ship vanishes without a trace . . .
Present-day New York. At the Metropolitan Museum, four horsemen dressed as Knights Templar storm the gála opening of an exhibition of Vatican treasures and, in a brutal and bloody attack, steal an arcane medieval decoder.
For FBI agent Sean Reilly and archaeologist Tess Chaykin, this is just the start of a deadly game of cat and mouse as they race across three continents, trying to stay one step ahead of ruthless killers while chasing down a centuries-old mystery . ..