The Templar Legacy（圣殿的遗产）

Stephanie NeUe in the US Justice Department. Now she seeks his help again to crack a series of puzzles that have confounded experts for centuries - and could Lead to the legendary Lost treasure of the Knights.
But Malone soon realizes someone else in on the trait-someone prepared to commit the ultimate crime in pursuit of the ultimate prize Malone and NeUe find themselves in a heart-stopping race through the villages, castles and cloisters of Europe in pursuit of a secret that.
作者简介：
　　STEVE BERRY's first two novels, The Amber Room and The Romanov Prophecy, were national bestsellers. His third novel, The Third Secret, was a New York Times bestseUer. He lives on the Georgia coast and is a lawyer who has traveled extensively throughout the Caribbean, Mex-ico, Europe, and Russia. Rights to his books have been sold in thirty-two countries. He is currently at work on his next thriller. Visit his website at www.steveberry.org.

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. There are times when Corrigan attempts the French accent of this book's arch-villain, Raymond de Roquefort, that he sounds like nothing so much as Peter Sellers's Inspector Clouseau with a bad head cold. Corrigan gamely tackles what so many other readers tiptoe around, imitating each of the voices in Berry's international array of shadowy operators. While the results are occasionally, unintentionally comic, Corrigan is to be commended: his multivoiced, one-man-band reading makes for a wildly enjoyable listen. Berry's novel follows in the tradition of The Da Vinci Code, mingling medieval Christian secrecy and contemporary intelligence-agency intrigue. Corrigan contains multitudes, and his able array of voices show a man who greatly enjoys the opportunity to have the stage of Berry's book all to himself. Having fun with his reading, Corrigan masterfully conveys the entertainment value of Berry's convoluted story.
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From Booklist
The Knights Templar, a small monastic military order formed in the early 1100s to protect travelers to the Holy Land, eventually grew and became wealthy beyond imagination. In 1307, the French king, feeling jealous and greedy, killed off the Templars, and by 1311, the last master, Jacques de Molay, was burned at the stake. The whereabouts of the Templars' treasure--and their secrets--have been the subject of legend ever since. Now, a new thriller trieas to follow in the steps of The Da Vinci Code.

There's a secret about early Christianity at the core of Berry's Templar Legacy, but he dispenses the clues too slowly. The cat-and-mouse game between Cotton Malone, a former Justice Department agent, and a modern-day order of Knights Templar is weighed down with too much confusing backstory about the Templars' connection to Rennes-le-Chateau and the mystery that surrounds it. (The real-life town plays a part in The Da Vinci Code as well.) Like Dan Brown, Berry draws on the seminal nonfiction work Holy Blood, Holy Grail for many of his themes. After nearly grinding to a halt through all the premise building, the novel finally gathers steam in the last 100 pages or so, concluding with a revelation that seems refreshingly clear after the many convoluted twists that precede it. Until the next Dan Brown opus is released, this should hold devotees. Ilene Cooper
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