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    The Testament: A Novel

    By Eric Van Lustbader

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    The hit international thriller from Eric Van Lustbader, the New York Times bestselling author of The Bourne Legacy

    For centuries, a hidden splinter sect of the Franciscans has guarded secrets that could transform the world. Now the safety of those secrets—and much more—depends on one man.

    Braverman “Bravo” Shaw always knew his father had secrets. But not until Dexter Shaw dies mysteriously does Bravo discover the enormity of his father's life as a high-ranking member of the Order of Gnostic Observatines. For more than eight hundred years, the Order has preserved an ancient cache of documents that could shake Christianity to its foundations.

    But the rival Knights of St. Clement will stop at nothing to obtain the treasure, and now Bravo is a target and a pawn in an ongoing war far larger and more deadly than any he could have imagined.

    From New York City to Washington, D.C., to Paris, to Venice, and beyond, the race is on for the quintessential prize...the Testament.

    At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateApr 1, 2007
    ISBN9781429913393
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    Eric Van Lustbader

    Eric Lustbader is the author of nearly forty novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Ninja, which introduced Nicholas Linnear, one of modern fiction’s most beloved and enduring heroes. In 2004, Mr. Lustbader was chosen by the estate of the late Robert Ludlum to continue the Jason Bourne novels, and has published eight international bestselling works to rave reviews. He is also the author of two successful and highly regarded series of fantasy novels, The Sunset Warrior Cycle and The Pearl Saga. He and his wife Victoria are residents of the South Fork of Long Island.

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    • 3/5
      Always on the lookout for books in the "theological thriller" genre, I picked this one up ready for the "roller-coaster of a read" promised by one reviewer somewhere. Well, that it was, because the pace was so fast, but to be brutally honest, I just didn't like it. It started out well, with lots of promise and kept me interested, but when it takes me four days to read a novel like this, there's a reason. I kept picking it up, reading it, and putting it back down. Normally books in this vein might last overnight if they're really good.brief synopsis; no spoilers:The story opens back in the 15th century in a monastery which is under attack. It seems that a group known as the Knights of St. Clement (a Christian group under the auspices of the Vatican) is an enemy of and sworn to destroy the group known as the Gnostic Observatines, an order based on the monasticism of St. Francis of Assisi. Flash forward to the modern day, where a father is expecting to reunite with his son. The father, Dexter Shaw, tries to convince his son Braverman (Bravo) to use his training as a medieval scholar and work with him; Bravo already has a job in Europe and wants no part of his dad's work life. One thing leads to another, Dexter is killed and leaves Bravo a safety deposit box full of miscellaneous items -- all which serve as a cyper to unravel to guide Bravo to a "cache of secrets" which had been in Dexter's keeping. It turns out that the medieval war is not over quite yet; another group wants to lay their hands on this cache of secrets for sinister reasons.Sounds right up my alley, but wait. I was looking for a good thriller -- you know...who's the traitor, that sort of thing but figured it all out very quickly. And I just hate when scholarly types become transformed into a lean, mean killing machine, out of keeping with their characters. The plot is a bit different than other books like this, and that made the book interesting. That was a plus here.Would I recommend it? Well, I'd say give it a try if you like this sort of thing, but having read tons of this genre, it's not at the top of my list.
    • 4/5
      Eric Van Lustbader is the author of The Testament is a book about conflicting religious societies who are locked in battle over a religious manuscript that would shake Christianity to its core. The protagonist is Bravo Shaw and he struggles throughout the book to decipher codes his late father left for him as he fights to save Christianity as it is today. The cover design of the book depicts a man running through an archaic building and is very appealing because it creates the impression of intrigue which the book is based around. I would recommend this book to anyone who is into novels with a great deal of action and intrigue.