In Peru, Jess Silverton is researching the mysterious culture of the Moche. She suspects them of being far more bloodthirsty than other archaeologists and anthropologists believe based upon their artwork. Near Edinburgh, Adam Blackwood is working on his last assignment for a newspaper at Rosslyn Chapel when a famous Knights Templar historian makes some cryptic statements to him and then commits suicide. Meanwhile, in London, Detective Chief Inspector Mark Ibsen has been assigned a gruesome case involving an unusual death that has all the ear markings of a cult killing. What secret links all of these events?

THE BABYLON RITE delves into a dark conspiracy that spans across several different countries. Tom Knox shows us how the lives of Jess, Adam, and Ibsen link together in a horrifying conclusion. Some of the details are quite gory although not unnecessarily so as we see once the secrets are unveiled.

THE BABYLON RITE is a fast paced adventure that immediately hooks the reader in and doesn't let go until the last page. The story alternates chapters between the characters and I had to resist skipping ahead to see what would happen next. Tom Knox ramps up the tension as the story progresses to its stunning and somewhat disturbing conclusion. Readers who like their Knights Templar conspiracy theories dark and fast paced will relish THE BABYLON RITE.