The Templar Throne (Templar, Book 3)

The Templar's is a great series of 9 books. They are easy, suspenseful reads, and you won't want to put the books down once you start reading.

Book three in the Holliday series. It's good enough. I don't expect Paul Christopher to write exceptionally good books. His first book in the Finn Ryan series had me writing him off. I forgot I didn't want to read him and bought two more because I recognized the name Finn Ryan. It wasn't until I read the third book that I thought Paul Christopher was worth the price of a cheap paperback. I like the Holliday series because I like the hero. To me, the series is entertaining enough. I bought this for my Kindle.

Paul Christopher,the leading author of rapidly moving military action/adventure thrillers has rolled out a great yarn with the publication of "THE TEMPLAR THRONE". It is a superb action yarn, which I guarantee that an average reader can blast through within 15-20 hours, including side-trips for web searches. If you are caught-up in the TEMPLAR MYTHOLOGIES or simply enjoy a fast-paced action/adventure yarn, Paul Christopher is definitely the author for you.

The third book in this series is OK, but is the beginning of the decline from the more impressive first two novels. I'll give it a moderate recommendation for fans of spy thrillers and Indiana Jones-style searches for historical objects. This entry shows "Doc" Holliday finally retired from teaching military history at West Point, but looking into Templar knight Jean de St. Clair, who was apparently tasked with directing the fleets containing the Templars' vast amounts of treasure away from the coasts of France before the Templars' downfall. St. Clair was apparently aided in this task by the use of a "Jacob's Staff," a nautical navigation device that appears to be similar to an object Doc found in a previous book in the hands of a four thousand year old mummy, though the device should not have existed prior to the time of St. Clair. Doc's research into the knight shows that the Templar was associated with a Benedictine nun who was later beatified, and in attempting to find out more about this nun, meets Sister Meg, who is also researching the nun as a historical member of her own order. Their combined efforts cause them to go off on a journey to find the True Ark purportedly containing the Grail, the Shroud, the Ring, and the Crown of Thorns associated with Jesus. Their travels take them to France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Prague, Toronto, Nova Scotia, and more, all the while hounded by the Vatican secret service that appeared in the previous book, as well as a newly discovered secret society called Rex Deus formed by the descendants of Mary, mother of Jesus, comprised of powerful families in the US. Meanwhile, Doc's cousin, Peggy, and her fiancé Rafi get kidnapped, causing Doc to wonder who he can trust. The plot was fine in its action and intrigue, and had some decent historical underpinnings, but this book represents the point in the series where it becomes apparent that all of the main characters jump blindly into situations without using any of the skills their characters are supposed to have to avoid falling into traps. Rafi and Peggy are kidnapped (again). Doc runs around the world without a plan and without taking any special security precautions (again), even though the previous two books have proven that he has powerful enemies and he's an experienced intelligence operative. In the world of thrillers based on Templar history, if you acknowledge Umberto Eco as the PhD expert who is erudite and literary, and acknowledge Dan Brown as possibly a Masters-level student with a decent ability to bring some historical mysteries to the masses, you might consider Paul Christopher as a History undergrad writing a senior thesis, falling into some novice repetitions of plot away from which his supervising professors might steer him. So, it's a decent plot, but too familiar to be deemed novel. As with the second book, this one suffered from a chronic under- and mis-use of commas, along with a handful of other mechanical mistakes that could have been cured by a review from a skilled editor. I'd give it a mild recommendation for fans of international thrillers, but with a warning that readers like me who feel the need to finish any series they start will likely become more and more frustrated with the quality of the stories from this point forward in the series.

Another great addition to the Templar series. Can't get enough. Doc Holliday is a perfect mix of Indiana Jones and Jason Bourne. Add the conspiracies of Dan Brown and you have an addicting series of novels.

This series by Paul Christopher is very good in that it keeps you on the edge of your seat as to what will be happening next. He gives a very detailed account of the locations that his action takes place in. Some of the action itself, or the results of the action, seem a little far fetched, but do make for interesting reading.

I am reading Paul Christopher's series in order and he never fails to keep an interesting and historical story line that builds in momentum and yet offers plenty of realistic action. Everyone should read his whole series!!!

This is a real fast read. Keeps you guessing what will be coming next. This author is on my list of best ones to read and I try to read everything he writes.

Very good series of books of the Templars a time that I am interested in Very good research done of the time

bien structuré et passionnant.

Good read

Good read

Such a shame I can only ever give a 4 star for these books. I do love this series but they are just that bit too far fetched, and you always have to suspend a belief in real life. That said they are very readable and enjoyable.