The Forever King
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4.2 • 15 Ratings
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Publisher Description
An international bestseller written by New York Times bestselling authors Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy.
When ten-year-old Arthur Blessing finds a strange antique cup, he has no idea it’s the most sought after object in history. Nor does he realize the discovery of the Holy Grail will take him on a journey that defies the rules of space and time.
As the cup’s fate-appointed guardian, Arthur is charged with protecting it from dark magic and a madman determined to harness the Grail’s legendary power. The mission threatens his very life, with assassins aligned against him at every turn.
Along the way, a washed-up ex-FBI agent and a mysteriously knowledgeable old man join Arthur in his dangerous task to keep the cup safe…and unlock the secrets of the boy’s own destiny.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Cochran and Murphy's ( Grandmaster ) new novel melds two plots, one taking place in Arthurian England, where the evil knight Saladin is trying to gain possession of the Holy Grail and make himself immortal, and the other set in the modern world, where the evil knight Saladin, now a mental patient, is again seeking the Grail and immortality. is trying to gain posses sion of the Holy Grail and thus become immortal. The Arthurian section is well written, with some clever new twists on familiar characters, especially Merlin and Nimue. Rather than echoing the conventional portrayal of Nimue as a scheming enchantress who bespells and traps Merlin, the authors depict her as a naive young waif who becomes the wizard's adopted daughter and helps him foil Saladin's plans. But the chapters set in modern times, where Arthur is reincarnated as a 10-year-old boy, are embarrassingly trite, with two-dimensional characters who spout dialogue that would be considered cliched in a made-for-TV movie. There is always room in the fantasy genre for a good new Arthurian novel. This, unfortunately, is not it.
Customer Reviews
The Forever King
Well,what do I say,I started reading it expecting to read a few chapters,and deleting it,but I just could not put it down,ancient times,interspersed with modern times,harrowing failures,and at times details of them to,but what a thrilling story,one most people know,and yet don't......beautifully portraid characters,good twists and turns,F.B.I,and magic to all in all a cracking book to read,so there you go,not disappointed nicely surprised.
Good story, but averagely written
Entertaining and fast-paced read, but the writing is just okay. I can't read a badly written book, and this isn't badly written, but it's not great writing either. This is reinforced by the authors' amusingly inaccurate depiction of an England in which people smoke on buses, talk to the village's resident tax collector and carry wads of hundred pound notes.
I finished the book and mildly enjoyed it in parts, but I'm not tempted to read the sequel.