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Lost Years: The Quest for Avalon by Richard Monaco
Set between the events of Parsival and The Grail War, The Quest for Avalon may be Parsival's most personal tale yet.
Returning home, Parsival finds Avalon plague-stricken and in violent political strife.
Fallen out of love with his wife, and despised by his son as an absent father, Parsival struggles to restore his familial bonds. And while Gawain requests his help in seeking the holy grail, he is summoned without delay to King Arthur's court.
Morgana, the dark and powerful sorceress plots to overthrow the King's Rule. Arthur needs him; Avalon needs him, and Parsival must now decide between his love for his family, or his duty to king and country.
"Captivating... " - Associated Press
"Epic scope ... abounds in the trappings of Arthurian romance... " - Los Angeles Sunday Times
"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
"... unbelievably talented ... a literary miracle... " - Drogin Book Column
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
Set between the events of Parsival and The Grail War, The Quest for Avalon may be Parsival's most personal tale yet.
Returning home, Parsival finds Avalon plague-stricken and in violent political strife.
Fallen out of love with his wife, and despised by his son as an absent father, Parsival struggles to restore his familial bonds. And while Gawain requests his help in seeking the holy grail, he is summoned without delay to King Arthur's court.
Morgana, the dark and powerful sorceress plots to overthrow the King's Rule. Arthur needs him; Avalon needs him, and Parsival must now decide between his love for his family, or his duty to king and country.
Praise for Richard Monaco:
"Captivating... " - Associated Press
"Epic scope ... abounds in the trappings of Arthurian romance... " - Los Angeles Sunday Times
"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
"... unbelievably talented ... a literary miracle... " - Drogin Book Column
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
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