The Quest: A Novel by Nelson DeMille Paperback Book

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Author: Nelson DeMille

Narrator: Brick, Scott

Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback

Publisher: Center Street

Published: Sep 2013

Genre: Fiction - Action & Adventure

Retail Price: $40.00

Discs: 16

Synopsis


From the locked archives of the Vatican to the overgrown jungles of Ethiopia, an unlikely trio begins a deadly search for the Holy Grail. Two journalists and a beautiful photographer,are traveling together in a broken down Jeep while covering the 1975 Ethiopian civil war. Both men fall in love with the woman and that complicates things.

When the trio winds up lost in the jungle, in the no man's land between the fighting factions, they take cover and dig in for the night. In their hiding place, they encounter a dying man who tells them an amazing and quite unbelievable story. But for some reason-one that they grapple with for the rest of their journey-that night they believe.

The dying man is a priest who has been imprisoned for 40 years because-as he tells it-he found the Holy Grail. This night he has escaped from the prison because it was bombed during the day's fire fight. Unfortunately, the priest was hit, too, so his freedom only lasts for one short night. But it's long enough for Father Armando to describe for our journalists the location of Christ's cup from The Last Supper-and it's long enough to make them believe his story....

Thus begins their Quest-a deadly adventure that pits them against the Vatican, murderous tribesmen, shadowy assassins, fanatical Coptic monks and, ultimately, against the powers of the Grail itself.

In the best Nelson DeMille tradition, THE QUEST takes readers on a heart-pounding, thrilling ride, as well as to quite a few good bars in Rome. Against the backdrop of a legend that has lasted 2,000 years, and with a love affair influencing many decisions, good eventually triumphs-but at a steep price.

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Reviews

BookLender review by Manda on 2016-08-18 17:06:37

What a disappointment. I love stories of quests and the holy grail. But this book was so boring. A few random moments of action, mostly boring, repetitive discussions, really bad dialogue.I did not care at all about any of the three main characters. Literally did not care in the end who got the girl.Ending was so anti-climactic. It made me look back on the book and ask myself, what was the point of the story? It may as well have never happened.