Friday, October 13, 1307, entered history as the Black Friday. That day, by order of King Philip IV the Fair, the leaders of the Knights Templar were arrested, and hundreds of noble knights under guard were delivered to Paris and other cities of the kingdom, where later show trials were held over the Templars. However, the king’s goal was not only to behead a powerful organization, but also to seize its immense wealth. Yet in the Templar Paris House—the headquarters of the order—and in the castles of prominent Templars, no treasures were found. The order’s treasury seemed to disappear as if through the ground, and it has never been found.
But what if the Templars’ main missing treasure was not gold and jewels, but their knowledge? Perhaps the mystery of several centuries will be solved by the director of a small commercial firm, Anna Berkutova—into whose hands, by mistake, a centuries-old chest with a secret has ended up…