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  • The Quest

  • A Novel
  • By: Nelson DeMille
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (1,384 ratings)

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The Quest

By: Nelson DeMille
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Publisher's summary

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 listeners 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.

©2013 Nelson DeMille (P)2013 Hachette
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Another winner

Story line was very good. Great characters. Especially enjoyed the unlikely hero of the story.

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not his best work

This is not his best work. excessive dialogue, and vulgar sex. Surely this subject deserves better characters.

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too much gratuitous sex

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I was disappointed in the gratuitous, explicit sex. I have appreciated DeMille recent books particularly enjoying John Correy. But this one hit you over the head with explicit sex rather than just the suggestion. I didn't care for it at all.

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A Little To Far Fetched for Me

DeMille says in his comments at the end of the book, that this is a rewrite. He probably did make it better, but it is still a little to "sweet" for me. If I want to read about a search for the Holy Grail, I would choose to read something from a King Arthur series. The closer they get to the end, the more difficult it becomes to suspend disbelief and go with the story. I used to rate Nelson DeMille right up there with Michael Connelly and Daniel Silva. After this I'm taking him off of my wish list.

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adventure , classic, and romance

it's starts off very unveiling about what the adventure what do we looking for you can't imagine what they'll get into trying to get there and the romance and the class that's given to the characters. I wish people nowadays had such class.

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Slow but Enjoyable

This story was compelling but plodded along at times. The sights and scenes of Ethiopia were truly interesting, and made me take a closer look at the history of Ethiopia - indeed that was to me the most fascinating aspect of the story.

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Fascinating story but far too salacious

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Don't think I could recommend this to any one under 40. Really? Raunchy sex and the Holy Grail?

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The travel and history

What about Scott Brick’s performance did you like?

Always good

Was The Quest worth the listening time?

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Something was lacking

Nelson DeMille is one of my favorite authors. I have every available audio book that I can get. However, something about this book did not live up to par.

The premise was interesting, but I found it a little boring. This is just my humble opinion.

I will continue to buy books by this author. I especially liked the John Corey series, which is more of the genre that I like.

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Another DeMille

I am a DeMille junkie! This book just feeds my addiction. Look forward to the next one,.

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Unending

No one can drag out a story like Nelson DeMille. This was a good story but it seemed to drag on forever with abton of filler. P.S - Nelson, listening to Kate about adding more romantic entanglements was a big mistake, it was unnecessary and it detracted from the story.

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