The Templar Legacy: A Novel by Steve Berry

Dan Brown Ripoff, July 30, 2006***


This novel is a Dan Brown ripoff, attempting to capitalize on the interest and controversy that the Da Vinci Code has aroused. It has the makings of a good plot but the author could have used a good editor to sharpen it up. This novel is the opposite of the bare bones approach of James Patterson in that it is padded with all kinds of seemingly extraneous detail. I must say I enjoyed the historical bits about the Knights Templar both here and in The Last Templar. Overall though this book doesn't hang together well. It rambles with too many diversions along the way.