The Heretic (The Templar Chronicles)

Monsters prey on the innocent. He preys on the monsters. Five years ago, Cade Williams was an ordinary cop until a fallen angel known as the Adversary destroyed his life. In his kitchen, the Dorchester Slasher held his wife Gabrielle at gunpoint. Cade shot him dead. Then the corpse rose. The demon inside tore off its face and attacked. Gabrielle died screaming. Cade's right eye burned to ash. The Adversary left him alive—a warning. Leaving Cade breathing was a mistake. A pulse-pounding supernatural military thriller where elite monster-hunting Templar knights wage covert warfare—and their commander carries a blade inscribed with both "Defender" and "Vengeance." Now Cade commands Echo Team, modern Templars operating in the shadows. When they storm a Bridgeport drug house, they shoot the gang leader's kneecaps demanding to know where the Adversary is hiding. They're hunting demons wearing human skin. Meanwhile, Templar commanderies are under assault. The dead are ripped from graves and animated as revenants. Every desecrated grave belonged to the Custodes Veritatis—Guardians of Truth, protecting the Order's most powerful relics. Sergeant Nick Malone discovers the pattern. Someone is hunting for information. The answer: the Council of Nine, necromancers led by Simon Logan. Their target is the Spear of Longinus—the lance that pierced Christ's side. Logan has a traitor inside the Order. Cade steps through a mirror into the Beyond, where the dead linger. He faces Templar Knight Zachariah Spencer's ghost, who tests him with lethal intent before revealing the truth—the Council has planned this theft for years, backed by powers older than the Adversary. Logan's forces raid the Lafayette Commandery. The Spear is gone. Bodies litter the floor. Echo has one chance to recover it. Cade leads an assault on Logan's compound in the Louisiana bayou. They navigate a submerged cemetery—unhallowed ground. When Cade's boat passes over the center, raw power surges through him. Logan chose this place deliberately. Unholy ground amplifies necromantic magic. Echo and Bravo Teams storm the compound as revenants attack. Sergeant Malone snipes from a Blackhawk with Sergeant Sean Duncan as spotter. Duncan is a medic with a secret gift—he can heal wounds with his touch. He'll discover what that gift costs. Cade and Master Sergeant Riley fight through cultists and animated corpses to the chapel. Logan holds the Spear blazing with power. He believes it has chosen him. Cade has other ideas. Vicious combat. Necromantic magic colliding with Templar steel. Helicopters crashing. Dead men walking. Echo discovers some victories cost more than others—and some enemies are more valuable alive. In the aftermath, Cade faces a choice: execute the man responsible, or keep him alive for reasons he doesn't understand. His sword bears two words—Defender and Vengeance—but tonight he can only honor one. Somewhere in darkness, the Adversary is still watching. Still waiting. Still running. But not forever. Perfect for fans of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim, and military supernatural thrillers where tactical precision meets biblical horror. What readers are saying: "The Heretic doesn't waste time. Five pages in, Cade's shooting kneecaps and watching demons crawl out of corpses. Urban fantasy for people who want military tactics." "Cade Williams is everything I wanted—scarred, ruthless, carrying a sword etched with 'Vengeance.' That's metal as hell." New York Times and USA Today bestseller Joseph Nassise launches his Templar Chronicles with a vengeance-fueled tale of military precision, biblical horror, and one man's war against the darkness that destroyed his life.
ASIN: 1949459713
VSKU: BVV.1949459713.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Nassise, Joseph
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Book has little sign of wear or use