In 1921, a young Templar knight and his mentor carrying a small band of Templar knights are escaping to the sea carrying a mysterious chest and their ship, the Falcon Temple vanishes without a trace. In the present New York, horsemen dressed as knights raid New York's metropolitan museum of art striking off heads and firing the crowd as they go. Among the items they steal is a medieval decoder. Their trail leads FBI agent Sean Ryan and archaeologist Tess Chaykin to the medieval Knights Templars. They together start off an adventure which takes them to three continents fighting their own beliefs and loyalties as they track down the secret of the Falcon Temple. A fast-paced suspense thriller.