The Templar Succession

John Hart, Book 3

By: Mario Reading

Narrated by: Piers Wehner

It's 1998. Kosovo is in the grip of civil war, and John Hart is an aspiring photojournalist determined to capture the devastating scenes. On his mission to shed light on the atrocities, he discovers a house where women are enslaved purely for the pleasure of the Serbian soldiers. Hart risks his own life to free the imprisoned women.

It's 2015. John Hart has his world turned upside down when he is left to care for a young woman - the daughter of one of the women he freed that fateful day in Kosovo. She is determined to track down the man known as the Captain: a war criminal - and her father. Unable to turn his back on the girl, Hart sets out to find the Captain.

His quest takes him across Europe and into Africa, where, on an isolated plateau in the mountains of Ethiopia, he confronts the man, who shows no remorse and no regard for life....

©2016 Mario Reading (P)2016 Audible, Ltd

Amazing

this book was absolutely amazing all the way around. The storyline keeps you intrigued through the entire book and the performance was absolutely astonishing!

Excellent performance, story not so much.

The best part of this work of historical fiction was the description of the setting and the events that took place during the Kosovo war. The author did an excellent job of taking the reader to the intensity and cruelty of the personal aspects of that conflict. Unfortunately, the story itself was not as well put together. Mainly, the plot was extended by a series of completely predictable and naive acts undertaken but the main character, who we are supposed to believe is well-traveled and wise to the duplicity of human nature. As such, it was difficult to have any sympathy for him. Other characters, however, were much more compelling and interesting, notably the women with whom the main character shared his misadventures. The performance was excellent, however, save for a brief over-indulgence in stereotypical whiny American county club personas.