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1) Heretic
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale and Vagabond-the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail. Already a seasoned veteran of King Edward's army, young Thomas of Hookton possesses the fearlessness of a born leader and an uncanny prowess with the longbow. Now, at the head of a small but able band of soldiers, he has been...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First e-book edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource : map.
Language
English
Description
After Byzantium's annual games, John the Lord Chamberlain, discovers the body of friend Leukos and begins interrogating a horde of witnesses to piece together how he died and who ultimately was responsible.
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 15th
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chicago wizard Harry Dresden must help a hated enemy, Nicodemus Archleone, break into a high security vault to steal something belonging to the Lord of the Underworld.
5) The quest
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After receiving a tip from a dying priest, four unlikely partners begin a quest to find the Holy Grail in the jungles of Ethiopia. The deadly adventure pits them against the Vatican, murderous tribesmen, shadowy assassins, fanatical Coptic monks, and against the powers of the Grail itself.
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of a father and son separated by war and circumstance--and whose encounter with the legendary Holy Grail will change their lives forever-- an epic tale of love, loss, betrayal, vengeance, and retribution that follows Texas Ranger Hackberry Holland on his journey to reunite with his estranged son, Ishmael, a captain in the United States Army. After a violent encounter that leaves four Mexican soldiers dead, Hackberry escapes the country...
Author
Series
Empire of the vampire volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
739 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From holy cup comes holy light; The faithful hands sets world aright. And in the Seven Martyrs' sight, Mere man shall end this endless night. It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity, building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness. Gabriel de León is a silversaint: a member of a holy...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the first book in the Grail Series-the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.
A brutal raid on the quiet coastal English village of Hookton in 1342 leaves but one survivor: a young archer named Thomas. On this terrible dawn, his purpose becomes clear-to recover a stolen sacred relic and...
9) Vagabond
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
405 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale-the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.
In 1347, a year of conflict and unrest, Thomas of Hookton returns to England to pursue the Holy Grail. Among the flames of the Hundred Years War, a sinister enemy awaits the fabled archer and mercenary soldier:...
Author
Series
Empire of the vampire volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 715 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From holy cup comes holy light; The faithful hands sets world aright. And in the Seven Martyrs' sight, Mere man shall end this endless night. Gabriel de León has saved the Holy Grail from death, but his chance to end the endless night is lost. Drawn into an uneasy alliance with the mysterious vampire Liathe, Gabriel must now deliver the Grail to ancients of the Blood Esani, and learn the truth of how Daysdeath might be finally undone. But the Last...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Ace mass-market ed.
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
John Taylor works in the Nightside-the gaudy, neon noir, secret heart of London, where it's always three in the morning, where gods and monsters make deals and seek pleasures they won't find anywhere else. He has a gift for finding things. And sometimes what he's hired to locate can be very, very dangerous indeed.
Right now, for example, he's searching for The Unholy Grail, the cup that Judas drank from at the Last Supper. It corrupts all who touch...
Author
Series
Camelot code volume 2
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sophie Sawyer's first assignment as a Companion is to help Nimue, a young druid, and Emrys the Excellent, Merlin's thirteen-year-old apprentice, protect the Holy Grail from the evil sorceress, Morgana.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Arthur Prescott is happiest when surrounded by the ancient books and manuscripts of the Barchester Cathedral library. Increasingly, he feels like a fish out of water among the concrete buildings of the University of Barchester, where he works as an English professor. His one respite is his time spent nestled in the library, nurturing his secret obsession with the Holy Grail and researching his perennially unfinished guidebook to the medieval cathedral....
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Versión abreviada.
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (8 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci--clues visible for all to see--yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins...