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Templar Chronicles #3
A Tear in the Sky
Cade Williams was just an ordinary cop until the night a fallen angel nearly slaughtered him. Now he commands the Echo Team, a special ops squad of modern Templar knights, and the things they hunt are far darker and much more deadly than the criminals that he used to face.
When Knight Commander Cade Williams discovers that his wife, Gabrielle, is not truly dead, but held in some kind of arcane stasis between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead, he vows that nothing will stop him from freeing her soul from the prison surrounding her.
But his vow is tested right from the start when an old friend calls on him to help protect the city of Boston from the ancient scourge that threatens to destroy it, leaving Cade with a heart-breaking choice: Do his duty and save the innocent lives he has sworn to protect or forsake them all in order to rescue the one for whom he would brave the walls of hell itself?
When Knight Commander Cade Williams discovers that his wife, Gabrielle, is not truly dead, but held in some kind of arcane stasis between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead, he vows that nothing will stop him from freeing her soul from the prison surrounding her.
But his vow is tested right from the start when an old friend calls on him to help protect the city of Boston from the ancient scourge that threatens to destroy it, leaving Cade with a heart-breaking choice: Do his duty and save the innocent lives he has sworn to protect or forsake them all in order to rescue the one for whom he would brave the walls of hell itself?
245 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2008
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About the author
Joseph Nassise
98 books331 followersI'm the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than fifty novels, including the Templar Chronicles series, the Jeremiah Hunt trilogy, and the Great Undead War series. I've also written several books in the Rogue Angel action/adventure series from Gold Eagle. I'm a former president of the Horror Writers Association, the world's largest organization of professional horror writers, and a multiple Bram Stoker Award and International Horror Guild Award nominee.
When I'm not writing, I'm hanging out with dogs, practicing recurve archery, or off-roading in the desert around my home in Phoenix, AZ.
When I'm not writing, I'm hanging out with dogs, practicing recurve archery, or off-roading in the desert around my home in Phoenix, AZ.
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February 7, 2016
A lot of Cade's history and the links to his dead wife are revealed here. We've seen her as a spectral figure who helps him from time to time or drops off clues. Now we find more of her predicament and what the entity from the first book did to her. Cade has new challenges to face as he tries to help her.
February 5, 2020
An action thriller about a group of elite soldiers who fight supernatural threats. They discover a portal into our world from an alternate world and find monstrous creatures mounting for an attack. As the story opens, the protagonist, one of the commanders of the soldiers, discovers his wife whom he lost several years before may not be dead as he thought. The issue does prove important to the ending, but seemed a little strange it didn't weigh on him more in the middle part of the book. We also get a cliffhanger ending.
December 26, 2019
A Tear in the Sky (The Templar Chronicles #3), I very much enjoyed my third read from author Joseph Nassise. I'd read The Heretic back in February of 2017 and recently was given an Audible copy of A Tear in the Sky (book 3), since it was so long since I'd read The Heretic it was worth re-reading so I bought the audio box set. Well-written, fast-paced and entertaining. I was given an Audible copy of this book & am voluntarily reviewing it. I was impressed and enjoyed the vocal variety & inflections of narrator Jarret Lemaster. I look forward to reading more in this series & from this author. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).
February 18, 2019
A Tear in the Sky was awesome! I’m pretty sure I read most of it in one sitting. From start to finish it was a thrill ride. I couldn’t put it down.
Cade and the rest of Echo command head out to deal with some evil, finding themselves with an even bigger problem. We get more of Cade’s quest for vengeance and more of his wife. The ending had me on the edge of my seat and even after reading it I still don’t think I’m prepared for it.
A Tear in the Sky was a great third book in the series. I can’t wait to start book four.
Cade and the rest of Echo command head out to deal with some evil, finding themselves with an even bigger problem. We get more of Cade’s quest for vengeance and more of his wife. The ending had me on the edge of my seat and even after reading it I still don’t think I’m prepared for it.
A Tear in the Sky was a great third book in the series. I can’t wait to start book four.
February 28, 2021
Another adventure in the Beyond
The characters are growing, the action is non-stop and the world the author is creating is fascinating. I'm as hooked on the series as Cade is about finding his maybe dead wife Gabrielle. I'm kinda sad about the loss of one character (no spoilers) but that happens in life, and in my own books as well. I'll bet this author and I could have some interesting conversations. Onto the next book.....
The characters are growing, the action is non-stop and the world the author is creating is fascinating. I'm as hooked on the series as Cade is about finding his maybe dead wife Gabrielle. I'm kinda sad about the loss of one character (no spoilers) but that happens in life, and in my own books as well. I'll bet this author and I could have some interesting conversations. Onto the next book.....
January 1, 2020
Cade and Riley literally take the fight to hell in their quest to rescue Duncan and defeat his captors. This episode in the Templar Chronicles is not only action packed, it is filled with a variety of plot twists that keep the reader/listener on their toes. Jarret Lemaster’s narration and variety fo voices for the characters make for an excellent listening experience.
March 13, 2021
The story just didn’t come together for me. Compared to the previous stories in this series, there seemed to be more telling instead of showing. Supporting characters seemed to take on a red shirt quality (from the original Star Trek) so their deaths didn’t really matter. And the ending was as expected.
July 1, 2021
The first two books were good. This one, without giving spoilers, I must say is disappointing. Cade has been very logical and at the end of the book we just throw that all away. I'm not even sure I can start the next book I was so disappointed with the absolute divergence from his normal character.
August 10, 2021
Another great story by Joe Nassise
He takes us farther into The modern Templar story.Cade is hot on the heels of The Adversary. He and his men wade deep tnto the beyond in pursuit of the foe.
He takes us farther into The modern Templar story.Cade is hot on the heels of The Adversary. He and his men wade deep tnto the beyond in pursuit of the foe.
May 5, 2017
If you liked the first two books in the series, you will like this one.
December 19, 2018
I got the book and could not put it down. Read it all in a few hours. Can't wait to read the next book.
July 20, 2019
Great book
March 23, 2020
Really good series
I can't stop reading this series. The e are so well developed, the plots so complicated. I can't imagine being in this off mind. A really good read.
I can't stop reading this series. The e are so well developed, the plots so complicated. I can't imagine being in this off mind. A really good read.
February 26, 2025
Another brisk and exciting entry in the Templar Chronicles series. Nassise really enjoys putting his characters through the wringer. And I mean that in a good way.
April 29, 2020
It's been a few years since I read the last installment, and this one gave me such a different impression from the other two. It feels like it was written by someone else. Now, it could be that memory is hazy. But it would be hard to understand why I would be onto the third book if I felt this way about the previous ones.
I remember the first two being more vivid and tense and better plotted. A Tear in the Sky felt very simply narrated, a series of events that just kind of happen. Even though the plot doesn't jump around -- it's a pretty straightforward affair -- I felt like it skipped over a lot.
For instance, there's a hostage situation that drives the action for much of the book. It's set up as a window into the motivations of the bad guys. But nope, captor and hostage pop up a few times as goalposts, and then there they are at the end. We have no idea what they've been doing, pretty much.
Also, so many hanging threads!
Oh well, hope I like the next one better.
I remember the first two being more vivid and tense and better plotted. A Tear in the Sky felt very simply narrated, a series of events that just kind of happen. Even though the plot doesn't jump around -- it's a pretty straightforward affair -- I felt like it skipped over a lot.
For instance, there's a hostage situation that drives the action for much of the book. It's set up as a window into the motivations of the bad guys. But nope, captor and hostage pop up a few times as goalposts, and then there they are at the end. We have no idea what they've been doing, pretty much.
Also, so many hanging threads!
Oh well, hope I like the next one better.
May 6, 2015
it's a different series, Christian, but you don't have to follow the faith to enjoy it. Sort of like Dan Brown in that respect. The series has one or two continuity problems that an editor SHOULD have caught (make a point of the hero taking off his shirt before a fight, then have the bad guy's whip tear off part of his shirt.... for ex) but all in all a most readable series. I'll pick up the rest of them.
The basics are that the Vatican reactivated the Templar during or just post WWII to combat preternatural evil. The hero of the piece is the CO of Echo company (think Templar SWAT) The mill speak is well done, the details are right... da boy done good.
The basics are that the Vatican reactivated the Templar during or just post WWII to combat preternatural evil. The hero of the piece is the CO of Echo company (think Templar SWAT) The mill speak is well done, the details are right... da boy done good.
May 18, 2015
I love this series. Sometimes it's "out there" and that's OK. It has a lot of supernatural characters and events, always being fought by the Templar Knights. Good & evil, black & white. This time Cade is told that his wife isn't dead, even though he buried her 7 years ago. So that is part of the story. Another part is a portal to the Beyond beneath a church that the bad guys want to use. Tie is all together for a good story.
June 4, 2015
As urban fantasy - it's great. I read Booms 1 and 2 and continued with this Book 3.
Easy reading. Nothing serious. Loads of weapon description. A bit of a snigger rose up when it came to the references to Chiang Shih - which are Chinese vampires/reanimated corpses. The description don't fit with my notions of these creatures I had from young. But hey - it's fun.. Suspend disbelief and just go with the flow. Not sure if I would go on with a book 4 though.
Easy reading. Nothing serious. Loads of weapon description. A bit of a snigger rose up when it came to the references to Chiang Shih - which are Chinese vampires/reanimated corpses. The description don't fit with my notions of these creatures I had from young. But hey - it's fun.. Suspend disbelief and just go with the flow. Not sure if I would go on with a book 4 though.
September 16, 2016
Good story to the continuing saga of the Knights Templar
This is the third installment in the Templar Chronicles by Joe Nassise.
As with the first 2 books, a lot of action, this one finally including a face to face confrontation between Cade Williams and the adversary.
While not especially scary, these stories are pretty good on originality. Looking forward to the next book.
This is the third installment in the Templar Chronicles by Joe Nassise.
As with the first 2 books, a lot of action, this one finally including a face to face confrontation between Cade Williams and the adversary.
While not especially scary, these stories are pretty good on originality. Looking forward to the next book.
September 16, 2023
Cade and some of the echo team cross to the beyond and encounter intense moments. They encounter an old templar and things get pretty intense. They need to close the portal before the creatures in the beyond cross into the real world. Some will be lost but they have to continue to keep the world safe. Very intense and great book.
September 30, 2011
Great book....almost as good as the other two in the series but in the end we get a feeling like "so you really want to torture your readers waiting for the next book?"....
Joseph, when the forth book will arrive?
Nevertheless, great job man and great series....
Joseph, when the forth book will arrive?
Nevertheless, great job man and great series....
July 13, 2012
Another great entry in the Templar Chronicles series. An action packed read with lots of blood, guts and monster slaying (you know, the good stuff). This is a great book and I can't wait until the next installment.
January 19, 2016
Maybe I've just read too many of these books in the last few months. I found it to be repetitive and I hated the cliff hanger at the end of the novel. I am not in the mood to read more of this book!
February 18, 2016
This one wasn't as good as the first two. Had less editing work done to it, and in some places it really could've used the extra attention. Still a good story though.
September 8, 2013
Left me wanting more. Too bad it's hard to get the next one at midnight.
November 1, 2013
This is going down hill fast.
December 30, 2014
Another great one. By the time I was finished with Tear in the Sky I was glad that I had Infernal Games waiting to be opened.
September 25, 2015
Book was good. End with a cliff hanger. I hate that. The series is good though and a swift read.
May 30, 2016
The first two were better, this one also had a lot of editing mistakes in the copy I had which sometimes distracted
March 27, 2020
love this book , on to the next one now.
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