The Templar Legacy – Steve Berry

The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry is another typical, “something is hidden that the Catholic church doesn’t want found because it will destroy Christianity” book.  This was a fun read though.  Steve Berry does write exciting novels for the most part.  Not exciting in the sense of a lot of action, though there is some, but more in the sense of solving a puzzle and figuring out the clues for yourself.   While there was some knowledge that wasn’t supplied that kept me from truly solving this one on my own, I had a good sense on what the final solution was going to turn out.  The other thing I enjoyed about this novel is it made me (in a good sense, because I wanted to) do some research on my own.  I would come across something in the book, look it up on the web and learn more about the back story and puzzle at hand.  At times I felt I was the research assistant to the characters which in an odd sense I enjoyed.  The conclusion was fictional, but this was a well researched novel.  I don’t necessarily agree with the fictional conclusion, but I did enjoy crossing the finish line on this one.