The Templar Salvation is a 2010

2010 in literature

The year 2010 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*February - The Wheeler Centre, Australia's "literary hub", officially opened.*April 3 - First release of the Apple iPad, electronic book reading device....

 novel by Raymond Khoury

Raymond Khoury

Raymond Khoury is a screenwriter and novelist, best known as the author of the 2006 New York Times Bestseller The Last Templar.-Early years:...

, and sequel to his debut work The Last Templar

The Last Templar

The Last Templar is a 2005 novel by Raymond Khoury, and also is his debut work. The novel was on the New York Times Bestseller list for 22 months.-Back story:...

. The novel features the characters of FBI agent Sean Rielly and archaeologist Tess Chaykin who were also the main characters in The Last Templar.

Back story

Constantinople, 1203: As the rapacious armies of the Fourth Crusade lay siege to the city, a secretive band of Templars infiltrate the imperial library. Their target: a cache of documents that must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the Doge of Venice. They escape with three heavy chests, filled with explosive secrets that these men will not live long enough to learn. The knights reached a monastery in Cappadocia Region of present day Turkey where they are poisoned by the Christian monks. About hundred years later, another named Conrad starts search for the missing knights and their chests. Ultimately, he finds the chests and with the help of his two brethren, he tries to escape from the Region but only manages to escape an attack from local antiques broker. His two partners are killed but he was saved by Maysoon, daughter of his attacker.
Vatican City, present day: FBI agent Sean Reilly infiltrates the Pope's massive Vatican Secret Archives of the Inquisition. No one but the Pope's trusted secondi get in-but Reilly has earned the Vatican's trust, a trust he has no choice but to violate. His love, Tess Chaykin, has been kidnapped; the key to her freedom lays in this underground tomb, in the form of a document known as the Fondo Templari, a secret history of the infamous Templars. Rielly, first steals the document from Vatican's Secret Archives.

External links

• The Templar Salvation - the book's website