Levar Templar by Matt Gianni Book Spotlight!

Castellum One Series:

As the crusader era ends, Templar Sergeant Brim Hastings must free his imprisoned brethren by surrendering the heretical scroll that has enabled their two-hundred-year leverage over the Roman Catholic Church. After escaping his order's persecution, and having the role of savior thrust upon him, he and Cypriot apprentice tanner Shayla Kostas discover the boundaries between good and evil are not where they'd thought.

Seven centuries later, Rick Lambert's investigation into Christian priest abductions in Iraq grows in scope after he's given a cryptic Roman gaming stone. As he learns of the motive for recent Templar preceptory demolitions throughout France, he and his team must prevent religious extremists from shattering Christianity by winning the race to rediscover the Vectis Templi—the Lever of the Temple.

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 "A very impressive debut novel . . ."   — The San Francisco Review of Books

". . . a well-written and fast-paced thriller . . ."   — The Haunted Reading Room

". . . fantastic use of parallel timelines . . ."   — InD'tale Magazine

". . . an exciting and puzzling thriller in the realm of works such as The Da Vinci Code."   — Readers' Favorite

"This would undoubtedly appeal to fans of Dan Brown's novels."   — Randomosity

About the Author

Matt Gianni is the author of dual timeline historical fiction / contemporary thriller novels built around his Castellum One team, a covert investigations unit financed by the Vatican and run by elements of the US Intelligence Community. LEVER TEMPLAR, the first in the series, has been described by readers as "THE DA VINCI CODE meets NATIONAL TREASURE." After a long career in aeronautical engineering and flight instruction, writing 787 airplane flight manuals for Boeing and instructional articles for flying magazines, he began writing fiction in 2013. When not writing, or learning of obscure historical oddities, he enjoys weight lifting and salsa dancing on Seattle's east side.

His latest post on writing is here.