Last Templar Graphic Novels Books in Order
Part ofRaymond Khoury Books in OrderSee The Last Templar graphic novels by Raymond Khoury in order, with volume summaries and background on how the comics bring his Templar conspiracy thriller to life.
Last updated: December 25, 2025
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Publication Order
6 books
The One-Armed Knight
by Raymond Khoury
2018
Reilly tracks the impostor Professor Sharafi to Turkey, only for the man to escape and seize Tess once more. As a chase unfolds across the hills of Cappadocia, Tess follows the trail of Conrad the Templar and the treasure he protected, racing to keep a world-shaking secret out of zealots' hands.
The Devil's Handiwork
by Raymond Khoury
2018
Shifting to the events of The Templar Salvation, The Devil's Handiwork opens with Templars looting Constantinople's imperial library, then jumps to Reilly's covert visit to the Vatican archives. His search for a hidden Templar dossier pulls Tess into a new conspiracy that powerful factions will kill to suppress.
The Sunken Church
by Raymond Khoury
2017
After a harrowing abduction, Tess Chaykin refuses to stand aside and officially joins Reilly's team. Her research on the Templars sends them to remote ruins and a drowned church, even as hidden enemies close in and the accumulating evidence begins to shake Reilly's faith.
The Falcon Temple
by Raymond Khoury
2017
In the climax of the first arc, Tess sails with Vance to locate the wreck of the Falcon Temple and its guarded cargo, convinced the truth must surface. At the same time, church officials enlist Reilly to bury that truth, setting up a violent showdown on storm-tossed Mediterranean waters.
The Knight in the Crypt
by Raymond Khoury
2012
Continuing the investigation into the museum attack, Reilly races to locate the surviving knights before mysterious assassins silence them. Meanwhile, archaeologist Tess Chaykin follows a Templar trail through ancient crypts, convinced the stolen device is tied to a secret far bigger than the FBI suspects.
The Encoder
by Raymond Khoury
2006
Opening the graphic novel saga, The Encoder jumps between Acre's final stand in 1291 and a modern raid on New York's Metropolitan Museum. As masked riders steal a centuries-old decoder, Tess Chaykin and FBI agent Sean Reilly are pulled into the hidden history of the Knights Templar.
Series background & context
The Last Templar graphic novels take Raymond Khoury's Templar thrillers and rebuild them as a six part comics saga, complete with sweeping historical vistas and fast, cinematic cuts between eras. They are a good entry point if you like your conspiracy stories told in full color.
The first four volumes adapt the events of The Last Templar. Artist Miguel Lalor moves from the burning walls of Acre in 1291 to the bright lights of modern New York, where masked riders storm the Metropolitan Museum and steal a centuries old decoder. Tess Chaykin and FBI agent Sean Reilly chase the thieves across Europe while flashbacks follow Templar knight Martin of Carmaux as he struggles to keep a mysterious chest out of the wrong hands.
Those dual timelines are a natural fit for the comics format. Battles, chases, and cramped archival rooms all get their own visual texture, and the shifts from quiet research scenes to sudden violence land quickly on the page. Readers who already know the novels still get something new from small visual details, reaction shots, and the way the artists stage familiar moments.
Volumes five and six pick up the story of The Templar Salvation. With Bruno Rocco on art, the focus swings between the Fourth Crusade's assault on Constantinople and a present day hunt for forbidden writings that could destabilize modern Christianity. Reilly's covert visit to the Vatican archives, Tess's capture, and the pursuit through Turkey's cave churches gain an added weight when you can see the settings and symbols laid out panel by panel.
Each album functions as one episode in a longer serial, ending on cliffhangers that echo Khoury's chapter breaks. Read straight through from The Encoder to The One-Armed Knight, the series tracks the same arc as the prose books but does it in a leaner, more visual way, trimming some exposition and letting the art carry the mood.
For readers who enjoy historical thrillers but prefer the immediacy of comics, the graphic novels offer a compact tour through Khoury's Templar universe. They also make an accessible companion for fans of the novels who want to see Tess, Reilly, and the knights themselves brought to life on the page.
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