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books_with_style's review against another edition
1.0
I admittedly read the prior book in this series years ago and finally picked this one up.
It was all over the place and the plot was convoluted.
England, Paris, India, the US, Afghanistan. And it never answered who the messiah in the East is, the scroll everyone was looking for never got explained except for the Messiah part.
I think Mr Christopher was like me and forgot about his other books in the series and added plot lines for the sake of plot lines
It was all over the place and the plot was convoluted.
England, Paris, India, the US, Afghanistan. And it never answered who the messiah in the East is, the scroll everyone was looking for never got explained except for the Messiah part.
I think Mr Christopher was like me and forgot about his other books in the series and added plot lines for the sake of plot lines
speesh's review
4.0
It does all get a bit frantic really, as secret and not so secret group after secret and not so secret group chase our hero and his new Interpol friend all over Europe and eventually to Afghanistan. Which as you know, for writers of world-spanning thrillers, is like Lee Child's No-Name, Middle of Nowhere U.S. towns - anything goes. Normal rules need not apply. This, the last in the series, does seem to be going all-out on the flashy-trashy 'Thriller' staples. Shadowy groups, assassins, people knowing where you are without ever having appeared in the book before, etc. Nothing says unfeeling, uncaring because I'm richer than you miserable bastards could ever hope to be and therefore don't deign to conform to your society's norms, as a member of a secret sect, global power behind everything and all, and have tastes in this and that, that make you plebs say "EWW!" because you don't have taste, but you presume it must be because you don't have the kind of money I do that you can't appreciate such shite, than someone 'popping' something in their mouth. Usually a 'morsel' of something that is supposed to have taken and age to prepare, by specially flown-in, world's leading chefs, but you know will taste like shite. 'Popping' watch out for it. It's one of the biggest cliches in the Thriller Book. 'Popping' usually occurs, while the person doing the 'popping' is having a meeting with someone who is telling them in gruesome detail, about something horrible they have done, or will do to someone who is a minor, but important to the moving-on of the plot. The sort of thing you and I wouldn't want to hear while wolfing a pizza, maybe.
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canada_matt's review
2.0
Christopher returns with a ninth novel in his Templar series that remains on perma-tepid, if not drifting towards cool. Lieutenant Colonel John “Doc” Holliday vows to find a long-lost Dead Sea Scroll that could have great implications for Christianity as a whole. During his search, Holliday also discovers a link between the Catholic Church and a number of art forgeries directly tied to the Nazis, putting these two unlikely groups in bed together. With this highly controversial information, Holliday embarks on his journey, teaming up with Interpol agent Peter Lazarus, to solve both mysteries and live to tell about his harrowing tale. With curious intensity, Christopher tells a story that has long-divorced itself from the Templar theme, but still rocks Christianity's foundation.
As I have written of past Templar series novels penned by Paul Christopher, the wind has surely left the author's sails and he is seeking only to propel himself forward with mediocre publications. The story, while sound, lacks depth or content to push it towards being a great novel. Christopher has left Templar queries behind in the dust and while he continues to push new and exciting mysteries, his dedication to the plot and thorough development of characters leaves the larger product lacking the needed content to make it worth the reader's time. Should a reader wish to embark on this Templar journey, I can only recommend binge reading the entire series, so as to remember content from one novel to the next, as they become less memorable as the novels pile up.
As you did with your last series, Mr. Christopher, you left these books to wander out to pasture. For that, I can only ask why you do not stop writing them and begin something new, where you might find new inspiration and not tasteless drivel.
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As I have written of past Templar series novels penned by Paul Christopher, the wind has surely left the author's sails and he is seeking only to propel himself forward with mediocre publications. The story, while sound, lacks depth or content to push it towards being a great novel. Christopher has left Templar queries behind in the dust and while he continues to push new and exciting mysteries, his dedication to the plot and thorough development of characters leaves the larger product lacking the needed content to make it worth the reader's time. Should a reader wish to embark on this Templar journey, I can only recommend binge reading the entire series, so as to remember content from one novel to the next, as they become less memorable as the novels pile up.
As you did with your last series, Mr. Christopher, you left these books to wander out to pasture. For that, I can only ask why you do not stop writing them and begin something new, where you might find new inspiration and not tasteless drivel.
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stephend81d5's review against another edition
3.0
enjoyed this fast paced adventure thriller the latest in the Templar series with doc holliday as the action goes from UK to france, states and india/Pakistan where different players are after the death sea scroll. an easy read too and quick to read.
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