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The Templar Throne (2010)

by Paul Christopher(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

045123068X (ISBN13: 9780451230683)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Signet

series

Templar

review 1: As far as conspiracy thrillers, this is okay. Infinitely better than Dan Brown, but suffers on a few big points:1) Too many Deus ex machina moments. 2) I have no problem buying into the Rex Deus/Desposynii narrative. I'm all for it. I just had to call "bulls***" on equating Jonathan Edwards with starting it in America.3) The protagonist takes the cliched, lone-wolf "I don't need no steenking organized religion crampin' my style, babe" approach to life. It was cool and interesting for the first 3 million novels to do that. It's old hat now.
review 2: This book, part 3 in the series, is a return to form with Doc Holliday tracking down a Templar mystery and dealing with political subterfuge a la The Manchurian Candidate. He is accompanied by nun, who may b... moree more than she seems. I have one criticism of this book, and it is that the ending is rather abrupt. It felt like perhaps the author only had a certain amount of time to get to a certain page count OR ELSE! Once he was close, he wrapped it up really quick and that is that.Or maybe not.I've noticed while glancing through the review of this and other books in the series that the author gets a goodly amount of grief for bashing Dan Brown. Personally, as Dan Brown is NOT my favorite author, I'm all for it. Read through any other author's books in this genre (James Rollins, Steve Berry, etc) and most of them engage in it. Professional jealousy perhaps, but as a reader I think some of it falls under the category of "Dan Brown is an incredibly overblown writer".I don't blame Dan Brown for this; if I had a book, and it became a mega-hit, I'd milk that cow until it was skin and bones as well. My reasons for this are simple: I've mentioned that Doc Holliday spends a lot of time reacting instead of acting; with Dan Brown reacting is all you get. The character of Robert Langdon does nothing but explain the meaning of the various symbols, acting much as Watson does for Holmes. Its clumsy, its dull, its not at all suspenseful.So, while Paul Christopher may not be the most polished author out there, he does at least provide a modicum of action and intrigue. And best of all, he gives you a character that has character instead of a character with all the character of white bread and mild cheddar. Also, unlike Brown, this author never claims that his stories are factually accurate, he just tells a damn story and invites you to listen. less

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