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Cotton Malone · Book 1

The Templar Legacy

by Steve Berry
Published
1 January 2006
Pages
500
ISBN-13
9780345493774
Type
novel
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About this book

The Templar Legacy, published in 2006 at 500 pages, launches Cotton Malone -- a former Justice Department covert operative running a Copenhagen bookshop until his old boss Stephanie Nelle pulls him back into the field -- on Steve Berry's first historical treasure hunt, chasing the Knights Templar through a present-day conspiracy.

Key facts about The Templar Legacy

The Templar Legacy is a novel by Steve Berry. Readers have had it since 2006. It runs to 500 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of The Templar Legacy. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780345493774 to find the main one.

The Templar Legacy is book 1 of 23 in the Cotton Malone series. The series has 23 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Devil's Bible is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 17 February 2026.

Additionally, Steve Berry writes Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure as a separate series. Those series sit on our thriller and historical thriller shelves. Meanwhile, The Devil's Bible is the latest published Steve Berry book on file, from 17 February 2026.

About Steve Berry

Steve Berry is an American author of historical conspiracy thrillers, best known for the long-running Cotton Malone series, which follows a former U.S. Justice Department operative turned rare-book dealer in Copenhagen who is repeatedly drawn into international plots hinging on real historical mysteries and lost artifacts. See every Steve Berry book in order.

Its place in Cotton Malone

The Templar Legacy is book 1 in the Cotton Malone series. It is followed by The Alexandria Link. See the full Cotton Malone reading order.

Cotton Malone is a former Justice Department covert operative (a 'Magellan Billet' agent) who retired to run an old bookshop in Copenhagen, only to keep getting pulled back into the field by his old boss Stephanie Nelle. Each novel sends him chasing a real historical mystery or lost treasure — the Knights Templar, the Library of Alexandria, Charlemagne's tomb, the Romanov dynasty, the Nazi underground, the founding-era secrets of the U.S. Constitution — and ties it to a present-day conspiracy involving…

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