Templar's Bank

An Archaeological Thriller

De: Dave Bartell

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

A Paris icon in flames. A conspiracy in the Church. Can this determined explorer survive the search for a hidden history?
Renowned archaeologist Darwin Lacroix remains obsessed, proving his theory that Roman’s used lava tubes. But he’s interrupted by the Pope, who personally requests Darwin’s help to retrieve a codex stolen from the Pontiff’s private vault. Discovering that the cryptic text points to the long-sought Knights Templar treasure, he realizes a mysterious cave may also solve his own puzzle.

As he digs up a trail of ancient connections, he’s shocked to learn the true prize isn’t gold but a priceless relic directly connected to Christ. And someone deep inside the Vatican will stop at nothing to recover it…

Can Darwin outsmart shadowy figures willing to kill to claim power?

Templar’s Bank is the page-turning third novel in the Darwin Lacroix Adventure archaeological thriller series. If you like international pursuits, religious intrigue, and mind-boggling historical puzzles, then you’ll love Dave Bartell’s breathtaking hunt for the truth.

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I love this series

I didn’t listen to them in order, but I enjoyed them just the same! I love the action, and descriptions! This guy is a great author!

AI doesn’t have the right intonation for reading intense situations and mispronounces words. However, it’s still worth listening through!

Digital narration was horrible

The story is good. The characters are quite likeable. but you have to work thru the mispronounced names of people and places and it detracts from the whole experience. I almost gave up after hearing A! (pause) Rue butchered for the 50th time. Ugh.

New Adventures

This is the 4th time I have read this series. I could listen to them over and over. they never get old!

The narration was poor

Audio was choppy and had odd pronunciations. The story was a bit dragged out but overall entertaining.

Generated AI speech leaves lot to be desired

Generated AI speech leaves lot to be desired. Plot seems ok but there were some server gaps in the story from faulty AI mostly which causes jumps in timeline.

computer voice mispronounced almost every French word

also there was very little emotion. & pacing was horrible. couldn't get into the story, even halfway through the book.
do not recommend.