1291 AD, Acre. As the city burns under the onslaught of the Sultan's men, the Falcon Temple sets sail, carrying a small band of knights and a mysterious chest entrusted to them by the Order's Grand Master. But the ship vanishes without a trace...Present day New York. At the Metropolitan Museum, four horsemen dressed as Knights Templar storm the gala 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 in search of the ruthless killers - and a centuries-old mystery... Packender historischer Thriller, der seinen Anfang im Jahre 1291 während der Kreuzzüge nimmt und den Leser bis in das heutige New York und an die Schaltstellen der Macht inmitten des Vatikans führt.A superb and bestselling debut novel in the tradition of LABYRINTH or THE DA VINCI CODE...§A superb and bestselling debut novel in the tradition of LABYRINTH or THE DA VINCI CODE... A secret lost for a thousand years. A deadly race to keep it buried... originální anglická četba