The Quest

A Novel

By: Nelson DeMille

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins

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

Good

A great listen. The story was good. The performance was great! the twist and turns in the story kept my attention. I don't like the sex scenes, but sex sales. Great happy ending.

Great read and great to listen to Scott Brick

The rewriting of this book was great! I loved the narration by Scott Brick. He always does so well!

Love DeMille

A bit slow to get into but really good. Female lead I did not like. But I don’t think I am supposed to like every character.

Great story!

I read "The Wife's Tale " by Edemarium earlier this year which tells about the revolution from a well-off Christian woman in Ethiopia as she lived it. This made the telling of the same events from foreign reporters' eyes even more interesting.

Besides it's a rip-roaring exciting adventure sparked by an accidental meeting of two male reporters and a beautiful young woman photographer with a dying monk who has just spent 40 years in captivity. He is trying to get one more look at the Holy Grail he saw 40 years before in a black obsidian church.

The three bury the monk and decide to continue the Monk's quest while trying to avoid the rogue revolutionaries who would torture and kill them.
A love story unfolds in the middle of all this chaos and all comes to a satisfactory conclusion in Rome.

Good book

I almost didn't liston to this book becouse of all the bad review. Keep a open mind it was a great liston.

Action Plus Intellectual Content!

This is an action/adventure filled with tons of depth, intellect and insight. An extensive rewrite by Nelson DeMille of something he did before he became a well-known writer of enormously popular novels, The Quest is a historical piece, set in the 70's, that blends action, adventure and a great amount of very well told history. It's a bunch of great characters in a great setting, doing some great things. A different Nelson DeMille from what he's done most recently, but more than worth your time!

Gripping from the get-go!

Gripping from the get-go! One of Nelson DeMille's best works, written as if I could vividly see exactly what he had written.

Was J Corey in this book?

Scott Brick is great, I'm a fan, but that was the John Corey character.

Took some time getting there

A great story. Sort of long treks of nothing in between moments of thrill. Overall a good story. Avanti.
BTS

Not as bad as reviews make you believe.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. It's Demille and Brick. nuff said

What did you like best about this story?

I like all of Demille's works. Narration is the key to any story and Scott Brick could read obits in a way that would cheer you up.

Which scene was your favorite?

Dying priest questioning

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

huh?

Any additional comments?

no. that last question killed it.