The Templar Throne (Templar, Book 3) Paperback – June 1, 2010

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 militaryaction/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.

A well written historical fiction novel with many twists and turns coming to a dramatic ending a good yarn and a great addition to the Templar Series.

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.

Good read. Exciting adventure. Good historical lesson. Enjoy reading about Templars. Reading the entire series and looking forward to the next book.

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.

As always with Paul Christopher's books-Great reading, never a dull page.

Very very good, the best of this series so far, open ended so hopefully leading straight into the next instalment. Very enjoyable read

bien structuré et passionnant.

Good read

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

These books and John Holliday are addictive. Would highly recommend reading this series of books by Paul Christopher. Have now read up to book 4, just about to read Book 5. Can't wait