The Quest
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3.5 • 15 Ratings
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
Mankind's greatest mystery lies in wait...
Civil war rages in Ethiopia. A priest waits to die in a parched prison cell; he has not seen daylight for four decades. But then a mortar shell hits the compound, and the prisoner and his secret are free.
Two reporters and a beautiful photographer save this wounded man, who tells them something too incredible to believe: the location of the Holy Grail. Thus begins an impossible quest that will pit them against murderous tribes, deadly assassins, fanatical monks, and ultimately, themselves.
The Quest is a breakneck search for an ancient legend amid a dangerous jungle war - and no one's coming out unscathed.
Customer Reviews
The Quest
This is not the best work that I have read of Nelson DeMille. It lacks the scope of "The Gold Coast" and the punchy one liners of his detective, John Corey, in "Plum Island" or "The Lion"
To me it has the feel of a novel written in the seventies, as indeed it originally was, and it reminds me of another favourite author of mine from that time, Desmond Bagley.
All in all, though, it is a pleasant and enjoyable read, whether you are curled up on your favourite armchair, or taking in the rays on the beach
Poor.
I'm a big, big fan of Mr DeMille and his previous books having read most of them. However, very disappointed with this one and annoyed that I've wasted a tenner. I understand the story was written approx 40 years ago? And now republished? Unfair on loyal readers as it's just boring with uninteresting characters. I found it so bad I stopped after Part 1 and gave up. Really annoyed as this just seems like a money making exercise on the back of the authors good name.
It only gets 1 star because I can't submit the review with none.