The Sanctuary, Raymond Khoury
The Sanctuary, Raymond Khoury
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The Sanctuary

Author: Raymond Khoury

Narrator: Richard Ferrone

Unabridged: 15 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 08/21/2007


Synopsis

After centuries of destruction, one unsuspecting woman stands at the center of a conspiracy that could change the world forever in this thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Templar.

Portugal, 1705. In the dungeons of a Templar castle, a dying old man bequeaths an ancient, half-burnt book to his young inquisitor. Keeping one step ahead of those who would kill to wrench the book's secret from his hands, the inquisitor turns his back on his calling and sets off on an impossible journey to complete the old man's quest.
 
Baghdad, 2003. Hunting for a mysterious bioweapon scientist, an army unit discovers a concealed state-of-the-art lab where gruesome experiments have been carried out on men, women, and children. The scientist escapes, but a puzzling clue is left behind: a circular symbol of a snake feeding on its own tail.
 
As the power of the symbol comes to light, revealing centuries of destruction left in its wake, a woman desperate for answers holds the fate of the world in her hands...

About The Author

Raymond Khoury is the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Templar, The Sanctuary, The Sign, The Templar Salvation, The Devil’s Elixir, Rasputin's Shadow, and The End Game. His novels have been translated into more than forty languages and, in the case of The Last Templar, adapted into a comic book and an NBC television miniseries. An acclaimed screenwriter and producer for both television and film, he has also penned several scripts for BBC series such as Spooks and Waking the Dead.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Belinda

4 stars - English paperback - 🦋🦋🦋🦋 Quote from the book : Mia knew it was. It was a specialization sha had flirted with, but she’d ultimatly veerded off into another direction, knowing anti-aging research was the embarrassing relative no one wanted to talk about. Biogerontology - the sciencefiction of......more

Goodreads review by Belinda

4,25 stars - English Ebook A high-octane rollercoaster ride of thrills and spills...Khoury is a screenwriter and the novel’s tight construction and hyper-fast pacing owe an obvious debt to that discipline.”—The Irish Mail on Sunday-   “Fresh and exciting...Khoury makes the conspiracy feel utterly beli......more

Goodreads review by John

Well, well, well... where to start.... should I even bother?... most of it has been said before. The plot - not the most original... but at least it was not quasi-religous....it was all reasonably straightforward with little in the way of twists and turns. The characters - all pretty boring... only on......more

Goodreads review by Franco

No logré conectarme con esta historia. En el final mejora mucho, y tiene cambios de tiempo, algo que me encanta; sin embargo, es muy repetitivo, hay abuso del relleno, es bastante predecible y los personajes no me causaron nada, a excepción de solo uno. No lo recomiendo. Una lectura que se olvida co......more

Goodreads review by Julie

A good tale. I would have given it 5 stars but the torture is too graphic for me. I did like it enough to read more books by this author.......more


Quotes

Praise for The Sanctuary
 
“[Khoury] follows up the thrills of The Last Templar with...more thrills.”—Tampa Tribune
 
“A high-octane rollercoaster ride of thrills and spills...Khoury is a screenwriter and the novel’s tight construction and hyper-fast pacing owe an obvious debt to that discipline.”—The Irish Mail on Sunday
 
“Fresh and exciting...Khoury makes the conspiracy feel utterly believable and imbues his characters with infectious passion for finding the truth. A surefire hit with fans of conspiracy-based historical thrillers.”—Booklist
 
“What connects a fake marquis in 1700s Naples and an underground lab in Saddam’s Baghdad where civilians were subjected to grievous experimentation? Clues to a dark and devastating secret, which is what made Khoury’s The Last Templar such bestselling fun.”—Library Journal