Raymond Khoury has 9 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 25 ratings. The most-rated is The Last Templar.
The Last Templar
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"It has served us well, this myth of Christ." Pope Leo X, 16th Century The Last Templar opens with a hail of fire and flashing sword, as the burning city of Acre falls from the hands of the West in 1291. A young Templar knight, his mentor, and a handful of others escape to the sea carrying a mysterious chest entrusted to them by the Order's dying Grand Master. The ship vanishes without a trace. In present day Manhattan, four masked horsemen dressed as Templar Knights emerge from Central Park and ride up the Fifth Avenue steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the black-tie opening of a "Treasures of the Vatican" exhibit. Storming through the crowds, the horsemen brutally attack anyone standing between them and their prize. Attending the gala, archaeologist Tess Chaykin watches in silent terror as the leader of the horsemen hones in on one piece in particular, a strange geared device. He utters a few cryptic Latin words as he takes hold of it with reverence before leading the horsemen out and disappearing into the night. In the aftermath, an FBI investigation is led by anti-terrorist specialist Sean Reilly. Soon, he and Tess are drawn into the dark, hidden history of the crusading knights, plunging them into a deadly game of cat and mouse with ruthless killers as they race across three continents to recover the lost secret of the Templars.
©2006 Raymond Khoury (P)2006 Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., and Books on Tape. All rights reserved.
The Templar Salvation
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At last, the book more than a million fans are waiting for: the sequel to The Last Templar. With its iconic title and unmistakable cover, Raymond Khoury's million-copy- selling The Last Templar remains one of the most memorable thriller publications of the last decade. Finally, after four long years, Khoury returns to the world of the Templars with The Templar Salvation, a sequel that's every bit as eye-popping and as gripping as its predecessor. Constantinople, 1203: As the rapacious armies of the Fourth Crusade lay siege to the city, a secretive band of Templars infiltrate the imperial library. Their target: a cache of documents that must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the Doge of Venice. They escape with three heavy chests, filled with explosive secrets that these men will not live long enough to learn. Vatican City, present day: FBI agent Sean Reilly infiltrates the Pope's massive Vatican Secret Archives of the Inquisition. No one but the Pope's trusted secondi get in - but Reilly has earned the Vatican's trust, a trust he has no choice but to violate. His love, Tess Chaykin, has been kidnapped; the key to her freedom lays in this underground tomb, in the form of a document known as the Fondo Templari, a secret history of the infamous Templars. With his trademark blend of incendiary history and edge-of-your-seat suspense, Raymond Khoury's The Templar Salvation marks a triumphant return to the rich territory that launched his best-selling career.
©2010 Raymond Khoury (P)2010 Penguin Audio
The Devil's Elixir
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Sean Reilly and Tess Chaykin, heroes of Raymond Khoury's best-selling Templar thrillers, return in an edge-of-your-seat story that reaches from the present day back to 1800s Mexico - and possibly beyond.
What if there was an herb, previously lost to history in the jungles of Central America, capable of inducing an experience so momentous it might shake the very foundations of Western civilization? What if powerful forces on both sides of the law got wind of that herb, and launched a violent, uncompromising pursuit to be the first to exploit it?
And what if FBI agent Sean Reilly and his girlfriend, Tess Chaykin, were, unknowingly, the only two people who could keep the lid on this existential Pandora's box, one that's capable of destabilizing the world?
In Raymond Khoury's million-copy-selling Templar novels, Sean and Tess traveled the globe to unravel ancient mysteries with present-day ramifications. In The Devil's Elixir, Sean and Tess find themselves in a race-against the clock, against drug kingpins, and even against the DEA-to merge two divergent trails, one several hundred years old, the other as current as a heartbeat, which together may lead humanity to the brink of annihilation.
Packed with the nonstop suspense and unexpected twists Raymond Khoury's fans delight in, The Devil's Elixir is destined for best seller lists everywhere.
©2011 Raymond Khoury (P)2011 Penguin
Empire of Lies
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"A deftly crafted alternate history in the best science fiction tradition, Empire of Lies showcases author Raymond Khoury's genuine flair for originality and a simply riveting narrative storytelling style." (Midwest Book Review) Empire of Lies is a sweeping thriller in the tradition of The Man in the High Castle, Fatherland, and Underground Airlines from New York Times best-selling author Raymond Khoury. "The best what-if thriller for a long, long time - makes you think, makes you sweat, and makes you choose, between what is and what might have been." (Lee Child) Istanbul, 1683: Mehmed IV, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is preparing to lay siege to Vienna, capital of the Holy Roman Empire, when a mysterious visitor arrives in his bedroom - naked, covered in strange tattoos - to deliver a dangerous, world-changing message. Paris, 2017: Ottoman flags have been flying over the great city for 300 years, ever since its fall - along with all of Europe - to the empire’s all-conquering army. Notre Dame has been renamed the Fatih Mosque. Public spaces are segregated by gender. And Kamal Arslan Agha, a feted officer in the sultan’s secret police, is starting to question his orders. Rumors of an impending war with the Christian Republic of America, attacks by violent extremists, and economic collapse have heightened surveillance and arrests across the empire. Tasked with surveying potential threats, Kamal has a heavy caseload - and conscience. When a mysterious stranger - naked, covered in strange tattoos - appears on the banks of the Seine, Kamal is called in to investigate. But what he discovers is a secret buried in the empire’s past, a secret the Sultan will do anything to silence. With the mysterious Z Protectorate one step behind, Kamal, together with Nisreen - a fierce human rights lawyer - is caught up in a race across the empire and time itself - a race that could change their world, or destroy it. Empire of Lies is being published as The Ottoman Secret in the UK.
©2019 Raymond Khoury (P)2019 Macmillan Audio
Rasputin's Shadow
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Raymond Khoury, the international best-selling author of The Last Templar, is back with another ingenious, fast-paced thriller that straddles present-day NYC and Russia in the early 1900s - the time of the infamous Rasputin and his mysterious rise to power.
FBI special Agent Sean Reilly is tasked with a delicate case. A Russian diplomat seems to have committed suicide by jumping out of a sixth-floor window in Queens, New York. The apartment’s owners are missing, while a faceless killer known only as Koschey - “the Deathless” - is roaming the city and leaving a trail of death in his wake.
Joined by Russian FSB Agent Larisa Tchoumitcheva, Reilly’s investigation soon uncovers a deadly, desperate search for a mysterious device whose origins reach back in time to the darkest days of the Cold War and to Imperial Russia. A device that, in the wrong hands, could have a devastating impact on our world.
Packed with the twists and suspense, the impeccable historical research, and the present and past story lines that Khoury’s fans have come to expect, Rasputin’s Shadow will keep listeners up late into the night.
©2013 Raymond Khoury (P)2013 Penguin Group
The Sanctuary
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In the powerful new thriller from the author of the international bestseller The Last Templar, a geneticist and a CIA agent on a deadly quest to find the most dangerous book in the world discover a secret that has destroyed everyone in its path for centuries. Naples, 1750. In the dead of night, three men with swords burst into the palazzo of a marquis. Their leader, the Prince of San Severo, accuses the marquis of being an imposter, and demands to know a secret only the marquis harbors. In the fight that ensues, the false marquis escapes over the rooftops of Naples, leaving behind a burning palazzo and a raging prince now obsessed with finding his quarry at any cost. Baghdad, 2003. An army unit on a routine mission makes a horrifying discovery: a state-of-the-art, concealed lab where dozens ? men, women, children ? have died, the subjects of gruesome experiments. The mysterious scientist they were after, a man believed to be working on a bioweapon and known only as the hakeem ? the doctor ? escapes, taking with him the startling truth about his work. 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 the centuries of destruction left in its wake, one unsuspecting woman stands at the center of a conspiracy that could change the world forever. In the masterful hands of international bestseller Raymond Khoury, The Sanctuary delivers the same rapid-fire suspense and provocative scholarship that made The Last Templar a coast-to-coast blockbuster.
©2007 Raymond Khoury (P)2007 Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc.
The Sign
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Another cutting-edge thriller set at the intersection of science, religion, and history from the best-selling author of The Last Templar. In Antarctica, a scientific expedition drops anchor for a live news feed. As the CNN journalist begins her report, a massive, shimmering sphere of light suddenly appears in the sky, enveloping the ship in luminous white light before disappearing as mysteriously as it arrived - the entire event witnessed by an incredulous world audience. Meanwhile in a dusty bar in Egypt, a dozen men are lazily discussing the state of the world when the brilliant, glowing symbol on the television stops them cold. One man breaks out in a sweat, crosses himself repeatedly, and rushes out of the bar muttering the same phrase over and over again: It can't be. Across the Internet and around the globe, a stunning controversy threatens to consume the world: Has God finally decided to reveal himself? Or is something more sinister at hand?
©2009 Raymond Khoury (P)2009 Penguin
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La Orden del Temple [The Order of the Temple]
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FonoLibro se enorgullece en presentar, el audio libro en español del bestseller del New York Times, La Orden del Temple, escrita por Raymond Khoury. En 1921, el ultimo templario salio de la Tierra Santa, llevando un cargamento que contiene objetos con un poder incalculable. Se dice que es un secreto que llena de terror a la Iglesia y que puede precipitar la destrucción brutal de la Orden del Temple. En el Museo Metropolitano de Arte de la ciudad de Nueva York actualmente hay una exposición de los tesoros del Vaticano cuando irrumpen a caballo cuatro hombres con mascaras y armaduras vestidos como caballeros Templarios. Comienzan ha atacar y matar cualquier persona que se les ponen en su camino. Roban algunos de los tesoros más antiguos del Vaticano que se encuentran bajo exhibición en el Museo. En la exhibición esa noche se encuentra Tess Chaykin, una joven arqueóloga quien observa la destrucción y el asalto. Uno de los objetos robados es un extraño artefacto que puede ser la clave para sacar a la luz un secreto que lleva muchos años oculto. Sean Reilly de la FBI creyó haberlo visto todo hasta esa noche de locura y asalto. Por mientas los crímenes suceden, Tess y Reilly unen sus fuerzas para averiguar la verdad. Entre mas se acercan a descubrir la verdad, mas piensan que era mejor no haberse involucrado. FonoLibro les trae La Orden del Temple en una magnifica producción con impactante música y efectos de sonido, que le harán sentir esta emocionante aventura de la búsqueda de la verdad del Vaticano. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2007 FonoLibro Inc. (P)2007 FonoLibro Inc.
Le Secret ottoman
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ET SI UNE DÉCOUVERTE POUVAIT CHANGER LE MONDE ? SON FUTUR, SON PRÉSENT ET MÊME SON PASSÉ... Istanbul, 1682 : Mehmed IV, sultan de l'Empire ottoman, s'apprête à lancer le second siège de Vienne, alors capitale du Saint-Empire romain, quand un mystérieux visiteur s'introduit dans sa chambre. L'homme, couvert d'étranges tatouages, déclare au souverain pouvoir l'aider à mener à bien ses rêves de conquête... Paris, 2017 : Un drapeau rouge et blanc flotte sur la ville depuis qu'elle est tombée sous le joug des Ottomans pendant le règne de Louis XIV. Notre-Dame est une mosquée et la langue officielle, le turc. L'Empire, qui a connu son heure de gloire, vit cependant des moments difficiles et les libertés sont menacées. Kamal en sait quelque chose, lui qui traque les dissidents au sein de la police du sultan. Nisrine, sa belle-soeur, dont il est amoureux dans l'ombre, est quant à elle une avocate opposée au régime. Sa mission met bientôt Kamal sur la piste d'un patient soigné par son frère et qui prétend venir du passé. Mais lorsque les autorités veulent l'interroger, les choses tournent mal. S'ensuit une course-poursuite effrénée dont l'enjeu est un secret enfoui dans la nuit des temps. Un secret qui pourrait, une fois de plus, modifier le cours de l'Histoire...
©2019 / 2020 Titre original : "The Ottoman Secret" publié par Penguin Books. Raymond Khoury. Tous droits réservés / Presses de la Cité, un département Place des Éditeurs, pour la traduction française. Traduit par Florence Hertz (P)2020 Lizzie, un département d'Univers Poche, Paris