Retired US Agent Langford Reilly receives news that his sister and young nephew are killed in a fireball explosion in Paris. Grief-stricken, he flies to France to find the only thing remaining of his sister's is an old replica painting, the kind of medieval art she loved to collect. But something isn't right, and even in his state of shock and mourning, Lang's training kicks in after a knife- welding motorcyclist nearly runs him down on the footpath. Okay, so maybe Europeans do ride on the footpath, but when a stranger breaks into his apartment in Atlanta, and then jumps off the balcony to his death rather than be caught, Lang knows he's onto something grave and it all has to do with his sister's painting.

Lang hooks up with a former partner from the Agency and with her help he begins to track the people tracking him. With a snapshot taken of the painting and a medieval manuscript, Lang begins to unravel the twisted truth lying within the artist's strokes. A picture that paints a thousand words and holds within it the deepest, darkest secret of mankind. A secret so closely guarded that if disclosed would rock the foundation of Christendom. A secret so closely guarded that men are willing to lay down their lives without thought.

THE PEGASUS SECRET is a driving thriller that slams the reader from the first page and doesn't let up until the explosive end when Lang breaks the painting's ancient code and learns for himself the dreaded secret held for centuries in the bosom of a chivalrous order. There was no spot to stop and put this novel down. It's fast-paced and intermixed with the writings of Pietro of Sicily, who gives us the historical account of the secret without giving it away. I loved the intelligent, savvy character of Lang Reilly created by Mr. Loomis. A fantastic novel - I loved it and highly recommend it!

Book Summary

What started as a suspicious explosion in a picturesque Parisian neighborhood could end in revelations that would shatter the beliefs of millions. American lawyer Lang Reilly is determined to find the real cause of the blast that killed his sister. But his investigation will lead him into the darkest corners of history and religion. And it may cost him his life. Lang’s search for the truth begins with a painting his sister bought just before she died.

Could there be something about the painting itself that made someone want to kill her? Every mysterious step of the way, Lang unearths still more questions, more hidden secrets and more danger, until finally he arrives at the heart of a centuries-old secret order that will stop at nothing to protect what is theirs.