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May 13, 2014KateHillier rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This one had a very Road to Eldorado vibe to it with some disreputable types pulling off a treasure hunt. Except of course for the fact that these are Templar knights on the run from capture, torture, and death. Martin and his friends are just your average guys in the Templars. They've signed up for various reasons, some purer than others, but all consider themselves apart of this big, Christian family. Then, all of a sudden, they are wanted men and the order is being accused of all kids on heinous things. The author states in his preface that he had seen no story or movie about that particular event and certainly not from the point of view of your average knight. It's an adventure story with this terrible backdrop but it brings all the relationships, fraternal and otherwise, to the front that much more. These people are quick to turn on each other when faced with death or torture, but there are also those who stand together. The price they pay for that is sometimes the same in the end so the question is how would you rather face that? Heavy but lighthearted all at once, Templar is a great and satisfying read about a brotherhood that falls but also about how it endures and survives the fires too.