The Final Quest

Shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize, and now in ebook!

"Captivating... " - Associated Press

Medieval England has been left in ruins, plague-ridden and war-weary.

Now, Sir Parsival must embark on his final quest ... to search for his lost wife, Layla, and son, Lohengrin.

But death and fantasy prey hand in hand in the once-enchanted kingdom.

Amid this bleak, dangerous and plague-ridden landscape, the evil and demonic Clinschor continues to search for the Holy Grail, whilst Parsival also embarks on a quest to find his long lost family.

Through all this, Broaditch of Nigh and his family must also traverse through the war and plague-ridden tatters of medieval, Arthurian England.

Will Parsival finally complete his quest in search of the Grail?

Richard Monaco's intensely gripping novel, The Final Quest is the third installment to his Parsival series. The Final Quest was also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, as was Monaco's first novel in the series, Parsival, or a Knight's Tale.

Praise for Richard Monaco:

"Captivating... " - Associated Press

"Epic scope ... abounds in the trappings of Arthurian romance... " - Los Angeles Sunday Times

"Monaco's dialogue and meditations are often salty and fresh ... a restless, strenuous rumination on civilization's death and resurrection... " - Kirkus Reviews

"Worth waiting for. Often bawdy and raw, this sequel will please fans of Arthurian tales." - Publishers Weekly

"Monaco recreates the taste, touch, smell and sound of the knightly world in reality, not romance ... he succeeds brilliantly... " - Library Journal

"Monaco presents dark, tormented tales ... not for the weak-hearted." - Fantasy Newsletter

"Richard Monaco has created an unusual slant on the Arthurian Legend. Horror and bloodshed mingle with a soft, imaginative romanticism making an instant classic." - Salisbury Times

"... unbelievably talented ... a literary miracle... " - Drogin Book Column

"... offers a worthy inclusion in the enduring and ever-expanding Arthurian literature." - King Features Syndicate

Richard Monaco wrote the best-selling Parsival novels, 1977-2012, two of which were Pulitzer finalists. In addition he wrote over a dozen other books, plays, and screenplays. Monaco studied musical composition at Columbia, edited a national student newspaper and a poetry magazine, and had a radio talk show based on his textbook The Logic of Poetry. In 1979 he co-founded a NYC literary agency and the online journal, Grand Central Review, in 2015.


Genre: Fantasy