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books_with_style's review against another edition
3.0
Not one of my favorites in the series. Templars in Cuba, the author is stretching the Templar connections a little now. Still an entertaining book otherwise
speesh's review against another edition
3.0
A complicated and rather unnecessary tale involving missiles, nuclear missiles I think and the blowing up half of Florida. Shadowy figures, people behind the scenes and modern-day Templar people, who aren't really Templars. But have names that are Templar-ish. And half of it is in bloody Spanish. Well, there are many exchanges between Holliday and Eddie, who is Cuban. That's a bit wearisome. All the while, we're getting further and further away from the 'world of the Templars' as stated on the front. As a story, as a book, it's ok, I suppose, not much more than that. Every problem is solved pretty much instantaneously, because one of them, or someone they meet under way, happens to be an expert in that particular field. And Holliday's encyclopaedic knowledge and total recall of just about everything he's ever seen or learned, comes in handy as well. The whole thing is easy on the eye, it's not the best in the series, the early books were better, there were more ancient secrets being discovered and ancient facts being told - so he may well just be running out of steam now.
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canada_matt's review against another edition
2.0
Having read much of Paul Christopher's work, including two (up to now) series in which he has at least four books, I see a troubling pattern. He begins a series with great characters and stellar plots, but as the books progress, the plot suffers and we learn little of interest or value about his characters. It is as though they are (and in this series, they literally ARE) flying from one adventure to the next, but there is no growth and no real means to keep the reader learning any more. In Christopher's Templar series, the premise of the Templars was exhausted in the first few books and now mere mention of the group suffices to keep the book within the series. I would expect, though it may take some fabrication, that each book would tie in with something done by this famous group and have the reader wondering if it is truth or just fiction to entertain.
This book surrounds the goings-on in Cuba in the waning years of the Castro regime. While much could be done here, the main characters are more preoccupied with finding one of their own than playing into the main story line. That said, the main story line is hard to follow, as we have so many threads to follow and so much happening (but little of substantial interest). I felt as though the book was, at times, written and pieced together poorly, as a brief 'update' on another thread cut into a well-developed thread, which is then returned to mid-stream.
Alas, I am hooked on the series and am not so put off as to stop reading, but if you are looking for a series that blows you away from beginning to end, you will be sadly disappointed by the time you get to this book in the series.
Mr. Christopher... churning out too many books too swiftly may indicate you have James Patterson syndrome; you sell based on your name, not on your quality. I assure you, it is nothing about which to brag.
This book surrounds the goings-on in Cuba in the waning years of the Castro regime. While much could be done here, the main characters are more preoccupied with finding one of their own than playing into the main story line. That said, the main story line is hard to follow, as we have so many threads to follow and so much happening (but little of substantial interest). I felt as though the book was, at times, written and pieced together poorly, as a brief 'update' on another thread cut into a well-developed thread, which is then returned to mid-stream.
Alas, I am hooked on the series and am not so put off as to stop reading, but if you are looking for a series that blows you away from beginning to end, you will be sadly disappointed by the time you get to this book in the series.
Mr. Christopher... churning out too many books too swiftly may indicate you have James Patterson syndrome; you sell based on your name, not on your quality. I assure you, it is nothing about which to brag.
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