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The New York Times bestselling author of The Templar Brotherhood presents the first novel in a thrilling series about the powerful secrets of the Knights Templar—and a conspiracy too shocking to believe... In a quiet English seaside town, antiquarian bookseller Robin Jessop has acquired an odd medieval volume. What appears to be a book isn’t a book at all, but a cleverly disguised safe, in which she finds a single rolled parchment, written in code. For encryption expert David Mallory, the text is impenetrable. Until an invaluable clue opens the door to a mystery, and a conspiracy, stretching back seven centuries, when the most powerful man in Europe declared war on the most powerful clan, the Knights Templar. Now, Jessop and Mallory find themselves on a global hunt for an unsurpassed treasure and this much closer to the keys to secrets that could change history, topple an empire, and bury them both alive. Because they’re not only the hunters. They’re also the hunted.

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Praise for James Becker's Novels Fast-paced action propels the imaginative and controversial plot. -Publishers Weekly This is an utterly spellbinding book...stunning and breathtaking....I was left shattered and stunned. -Euro Crime James Bond meets Alex Cross. -Fresh Fiction Extremely satisfying and ridiculously exciting! -For Winter Nights Superbly crafted...it breaks new ground...a tightly worded, sharply written thriller. -CrimeSquad.com

<b>Praise for James Becker's novels: </b> James Bond meets Alex Cross...check out James Becker. --<i>Fresh Fiction</i> Becker blends historical accuracy with a complete and detailed course on surveillance, countersurveillance, and weaponry, throws in some amazing facts...and keeps the whole thing going at a cracking pace....It deserves the widest possible audience. --<i>Reviewing the Evidence </i> Fast-paced action propels the imaginative and controversial plot. --<i>Publishers Weekly </i> This is an utterly spellbinding book...stunning and breathtaking....I was left shattered and stunned. --<i>Euro Crime</i> A superbly crafted novel which follows in the footsteps of <i>The Da Vinci Code.</i>... However, [it] stands alone among its contemporaries for one simple reason. It breaks new ground...a tightly worded, sharply written thriller. --<i>CrimeSquad.com </i>

Praise for James Becker's novels: James Bond meets Alex Cross...check out James Becker. -- Fresh Fiction Becker blends historical accuracy with a complete and detailed course on surveillance, countersurveillance, and weaponry, throws in some amazing facts...and keeps the whole thing going at a cracking pace....It deserves the widest possible audience. -- Reviewing the Evidence Fast-paced action propels the imaginative and controversial plot. -- Publishers Weekly This is an utterly spellbinding book...stunning and breathtaking....I was left shattered and stunned. -- Euro Crime A superbly crafted novel which follows in the footsteps of The Da Vinci Code.. .. However, [it] stands alone among its contemporaries for one simple reason. It breaks new ground...a tightly worded, sharply written thriller. -- CrimeSquad.com

Praise for James Becker's novels: James Bond meets Alex Cross...check out James Becker. -- Fresh Fiction Becker blends historical accuracy with a complete and detailed course on surveillance, countersurveillance, and weaponry, throws in some amazing facts...and keeps the whole thing going at a cracking pace....It deserves the widest possible audience. -- Reviewing the Evidence Fast-paced action propels the imaginative and controversial plot. -- Publishers Weekly This is an utterly spellbinding book...stunning and breathtaking....I was left shattered and stunned. -- Euro Crime A superbly crafted novel which follows in the footsteps of The Da Vinci Code. ... However, [it] stands alone among its contemporaries for one simple reason. It breaks new ground...a tightly worded, sharply written thriller. -- CrimeSquad.com

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James Becker spent more than twenty years in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. Throughout his career he has been involved in covert operations in many of the world's hot spots, including Yemen, Russia, and Northern Ireland. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Treasure of the Templars and The Templar Archive as well as the Chris Bronson novels, including The Lost Testament and Echo of the Reich. He also writes action-adventure novels under the name James Barrington and military history under the name Peter Smith in the U.K.

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