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When the opening gala of an exhibit of Vatican treasures attended by archaeologist Tess Chaykin is stormed by four horsemen dressed as Knights Templar who steal an artifact, FBI anti-terrorist specialist Sean Reilly and Tess team up for an investigation.

FBI agent Pendergast and archaeologist Nora Kelly join forces to stop a vicious murderer when the discovery of the remains of thirty-six victims of a nineteenth-century killer apparently sets off a new series of similar killings.