Lever Templar: 1 (Castellum One)

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 orders 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 theyd thought. Seven centuries later Rick Lamberts investigation into Christian priest abductions in Iraq grows in scope after hes 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.