The Last Templar

Author - Raymond Khoury
Pages – 439
Publisher – ORION PAPERBACKS
Rating – ****

First time novelist Raymond Khoury must have been truly inspired by Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, no wonder he came up with a novel (ironic!) on the same lines. But trust me; this book is as good as Brown's code.

The Last Templar talks about the secret of an unknown Templar treasure that contains the power to shake the belief of people in Christianity and its origins and thus most importantly needed to be disclosed to the world, to help destroy the blind faith people place in their religion. One unfortunate incident kick starts this page-turning book, with an archeologist Tess Chaykin desperately hunting for the hidden Templar treasure.

The mystery involves a strange device that could help in translation of the ancient testaments that contains the hidden truth. The Latin phrase ‘Veritas vos liberabit’ said by one of the horsemen who was a part of the unfortunate incident kick starts the hunt for the killers.

A little romance, several gory deaths, many suspects and the history of the Templars makes this book an exciting and adventurous piece right through the end. The events leading up to the suspense keep the excitement burning till the very last page. If Dan Brown’s invoked an interest in you about Mary Magdalene and Christ's bloodline then this isn’t the book for you; get back to Brown's works.

This book by screenwriter and producer Khoury will definitely make for a great movie since a few incidents in the book are quite surprising. With the encoding of this book among several others, The Last Templar is plainly incredible and should not be missed by fiction readers. So go ahead, crack the code and feel the thrill!

Writing Credits: Aaishwari Chouhan
Editing Credits: Piyush Singh
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