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After his niece and her fiance are brutally murdered, Holliday vows to avenge their deaths and finish their work by finding a long-lost Dead Sea Scroll. But in doing so, he stumbles upon a conspiracy linking the Catholic Church to an illicit art forgery operation involving the Nazis. Hunted by those determined to hide the truth, Holliday and Interpol agent Peter Lazarus embark on a desperate race from the vaults of the Vatican to the deserts of Pakistan...

In 1187, Alexander Sinclair escapes into the desert after the Battle of Hattin and sets out to find other Templar Knights who survived the battle, while King Richard seeks the help of Sir Henry St. Clair as he prepares to free the Holy Lands.

Some say Demiel ben Yusef is the world's most dangerous terrorist, personally responsible for bombings and riots that have claimed the lives of thousands. Others insist he is a man of peace, a miracle worker, and possibly even the Son of God. As a feisty reporter digs into ben Yusef's past, she is already in more danger than she knows--and then she is falsely accused of murder.Show Less

When a near-death experience forces memories Zachary Wallace buried after a near-drowning as a child to surface, he realizes he holds the key to unlocking the mystery of the Loch Ness monster, but as his memories drive him to madness, he searches for anything that can help him reclaim his life and career.

Enter a world of mysticism, machinations, and murder in which the mighty and noble do whatever is necessary to protect their supremacy, where rebellion grows in the darkest streets and alleys, and where those with the power to kill have the power to change the world...

Shortly after his initiation into the Order of the Knights Templar, Sir Hugh de Payens is drawn into the turbulence of the First Crusade and joins with fellow members of the Order to uncover the roots of the secret society that has guided his family for generations.

Retired Army Ranger John Holliday and his friend Eddie travel to Cuba in search of Eddie's brother, who has vanished mysteriously. Soon they find themselves trying desperately to stop the shocking plot of a secet Templar cabal that has been growing for five hundred years. As the conspiracy tightens its iron grip around the corrupt and dying Castro regime, Holliday must find Eddie's brother before it is too late and the secret horror of what lies...

It's the Golden Age of piracy-- a time when greed, ambition and corruption overcome all loyalties-- and a brash young captain, Edward Kenway, is making his name known for being one of the greatest pirates of his day. Edward, a young privateer, becomes one of the world's most deadly pirates and is drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Templars and the Assassins.

"Bruno, the beloved chief of police of the idyllic French town of St. Denis in the Dordogne, is back! This time a mysterious death brings ancient secrets to light, and it's up to our hero--and favorite gourmand--to connect the tangled threads of past and present. When a woman's body is found at the foot of a cliff near St. Denis, Bruno suspects a connection to the great ruined Chateau de Commarque, a long-ago Knights Templar stronghold that stands...

Modern-day Knight Templar Peter Crossman stumbles on to a plot that points to the discovery of an unholy artifact that could unleash demonic magic and total annihilation on an unsuspecting universe.