"The Grail Quest The Grail Quest is a historical fiction novel series written by Bernard Cornwell dealing with a 14th-century search for the Holy Grail, around the time of the Hundred Years' War. The stories follow the adventures of the fictional Thomas of Hookton as he leaves Dorset after the murder of his father and joins the English Army under Edward III as an archer. In ""Harlequin"" he is involved in battle in Brittany and subsequently at the Battle of Crécy. The archers are the first soldiers to be deployed along the crest of the hill at Crécy, providing cover"
"a French Knight whose crest is a blue field with three golden hawks on it. Also with Sir Guillaume is a warrior dressed all in black, known simply as the Harlequin, who has hired Sir Guillaume to carry out the raid to steal Hookton's treasure, the Lance of St. George. The Harlequin, who is Thomas's cousin kills Thomas' father, and the lance is stolen. Thomas manages to reach his bow and kill four of the raiders, but the Harlequin and Sir Guillaume both escape. The book then moves forward by three years. Thomas has gone to France to serve in"
"between the old Druidic religion and newly arrived Christianity. The author has often said that these are his own favourite stories. This series deals with a mid-14th century search for the Holy Grail during the Hundred Years' War. English archer Thomas of Hookton becomes drawn into the quest by the actions of a mercenary soldier called ""The Harlequin"" who murders Thomas' family in his obsessive search for the Grail. Cornwell was planning at one point to write more books about Thomas of Hookton and said that, shortly after finishing ""Heretic"", he had ""started another Thomas of Hookton book, then stopped"
"for a historical or mythological artifact around which the plot revolves. The plot structure tends to be formulaic: The heroine discovers the item in question, only to have it stolen by, or be herself abducted by, the villain or a more nebulous third party, motivated by their believing that it holds some special power or significance. In the course of the story, the heroine and the reader often learn a little more about some historical period and the people who lived in it. The series was first envisioned by Randall Toye, a Harlequin executive who fell in love with the"
"power struggles between their petty kingdoms and friction between the old Druidic religion and newly arrived Christianity. A series that deals with a mid-14th century search for the Holy Grail during the Hundred Years' War. An English archer, Thomas of Hookton, becomes drawn into the quest by the actions of a mercenary soldier called ""The Harlequin,"" who murders Thomas's family in his own obsessive search for the Grail. Cornwell was planning at one point to write more books about the main character Thomas of Hookton and said that shortly after finishing ""Heretic"" he had ""... started another Thomas of Hookton"
"research and development, making them quite expensive, and he is not made of money. These spells follow the same three rules of magic described in the second book. Spell books, Firefingers, Fireballs, the dragonhide jacket and even E.J. are not available in the fourth book. Both spell books are also unavailable in books five and six; in the former case because Merlin has run out of time, and in the latter because no magic will work on account of the curse on Camelot. Grailquest GrailQuest is a series of gamebooks by J. H. Brennan. The books are illustrated by John"
"The Quest Begins The Quest Begins is the first novel in the ""Seekers"" series. It was written by Erin Hunter, which is a pseudonym used by authors Cherith Baldry, Kate Cary, Tui Sutherland and editor Victoria Holmes. The novel follows the adventures of four young bears, Toklo, Kallik, Lusa and Ujurak. Each bear is stranded by themselves in the wild and must learn to survive. The declining environment of the bears is the main theme conveyed throughout the novel. Like the ""Warriors"" series also written by Erin Hunter, ""Seekers"" began as a request from HarperCollins who requested another animal story."
"philanthropist. The team is tasked with finding the world's most legendary treasures. The first book in the series, ""The Hunters"", was released by Headline in the UK on January 3, 2013 accompanied by a YouTube trailer. ""The Hunters"" was released in America on November 11, 2014. It climbed to #1 on Amazon's suspense and thriller lists on January 23, 2015. The second book in the series, ""The Forbidden Tomb"", was released in the UK on April 24, 2014 and in the US on March 1, 2015. It climbed to #1 on Amazon's action, crime, and thriller lists on September 10,"
"Heretic (novel) Heretic is the third novel in The Grail Quest series by Bernard Cornwell. Set during the first stage of the Hundred Years War, the novel follows Thomas of Hookton's quest to find the Holy Grail, a relic which may grant decisive victory to the possessor. ""Heretic"" begins with a bloody battle outside Calais in 1347, a short time before the city fell to the English. The sympathetic Thomas of Hookton is bending every sinew at the service of his master, the Earl of Northampton; after risking his life time and again, Thomas finds himself commissioned to track down"
"other's faith in their races. Each of the three books is named for a magical artifact or spell: the Amulet of Samarkand, named after the city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan, renders the wearer invulnerable to magical attacks; a Golem's Eye is an enchanted piece of clay in the form of an eye that when placed in the forehead of a Golem, enables one to control the golem; Ptolemy's Gate, named for ancient Greek astrologer and mathematician Ptolemy of Alexandria, is a method that enables a human to enter the realm of spirits. The first book in the series, published 2003,"
"the journey the four bears make through all six books in the series is referred to as ""the clawed path."" At the very last moment, the title was changed so that it would look similar to the ""Warriors"" series. Holmes was initially unhappy with the change, but has since said that she has come to like it and the way it looks on the books. The first novel of the series, ""The Quest Begins"", was first featured on the HarperCollin's FirstLook Program in November 2007. Readers who signed up for the program had a chance to read an early edition"
"and no escape in sight, the four kids have no choice but to undertake the quest. On their quest, they learn more about one another and the secret superhuman abilities each possesses, but Jack has trouble finding out his own inner strength. The first Wonder they visit is the Colossus of Rhodes, where they realize that there’s way more than just their lives at stake when a mythical creature kidnaps Cass and an enemy organization, known as the Massa, threaten to get the Loculus before them. ""Lost in Babylon"" is the second book in the series, and was released on"
"has been on ""the New York Times"" best seller list for children's book series for 369 weeks. ""The Lightning Thief"" is the first book in the ""Percy Jackson and the Olympians"" series. It features Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, and Grover Underwood during their travels to the Underworld to try to recover Zeus' stolen master bolt. It was released on July 1, 2005. ""The Sea of Monsters"" is the second book in the ""Percy Jackson and the Olympians"" series. In this book, Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson, Percy's cyclops brother, need to go to the Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Sea"
"plot, Thomas conducts a fierce guerrilla war against Vexille, and yearns for a face-to-face encounter. But then Thomas is routed and finds his campaign in shreds, facing the twin enemies of the church and the plague. Heretic (novel) Heretic is the third novel in The Grail Quest series by Bernard Cornwell. Set during the first stage of the Hundred Years War, the novel follows Thomas of Hookton's quest to find the Holy Grail, a relic which may grant decisive victory to the possessor. ""Heretic"" begins with a bloody battle outside Calais in 1347, a short time before the city fell"
"Vagabond (novel) Vagabond is the second novel in The Grail Quest series by Bernard Cornwell. Set during the first stage of the Hundred Years War, it follows Thomas of Hookton's quest to find the Holy Grail, a relic which will grant decisive victory to the possessor. Arrows On The Hill Thomas, Eleanor and Father Hobbe journey to the north of England to speak with the old Monk Brother Collimore, who knows of the Holy Grail, in city of Durham. Unknown to them, the corrupt French Cardinal, Cardinal Bessières, has dispatched his own companion, The Dominican Friar, Bernard de Taillebourg to"
"three works titled ""Bloodquest"", ""Bloodquest: Into the Eye of Terror"", and ""Bloodquest: The Daemon's Mark"". The trilogy involves the First Founding Space Marines chapter, the Blood Angels, as they struggle first against the Orks and then against the armies of Chaos. Captain of the Blood Angels, Leonatos, was given a weapon called ""Encarmine,"" the ""Sword of Belarius,"" as a prize for his prowess as a warrior and for the accomplishments of his men on the battlefield. However, Garshul the Destroyer, an Ork, manages to capture the weapon, causing Leonatos to be dishonoured and then exiled. He wanders with his fellow"
"be disappointed while ""animal lovers will find this story’s mix of anthropomorphism and realism appealing, and Hunter may find an entirely new audience"". The Quest Begins The Quest Begins is the first novel in the ""Seekers"" series. It was written by Erin Hunter, which is a pseudonym used by authors Cherith Baldry, Kate Cary, Tui Sutherland and editor Victoria Holmes. The novel follows the adventures of four young bears, Toklo, Kallik, Lusa and Ujurak. Each bear is stranded by themselves in the wild and must learn to survive. The declining environment of the bears is the main theme conveyed throughout"
"Seekers (novel series) Seekers is a children's novel series written by a team of authors under the pseudonym Erin Hunter, who also wrote the ""Warriors"" series. ""Seekers"" follows the adventures of four bear cubs: Kallik (a polar bear), Lusa (a black bear), Ujurak (a small grizzly bear who can shape-shift into any animal), and Toklo (also a grizzly bear). Led by Ujurak, the four bears search for a place where they can live in peace without human interference and harassment. The first book ""The Quest Begins"" was released on May 27, 2008 and was followed by ""Great Bear Lake"", ""Smoke"
"his mere presence affected human beings. There would be some little fact, some apparently irrelevant phrase, to point him out for what he was : a man shown in a harlequin-coloured light that fell on him through a glass window; a sudden appearance or disappearance."" Mr. Harley Quin Harley Quin is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie and the most mysterious of all her detectives. His name is a word play on ""Harlequin"" which may be a clue to his personality. Mr. Quin helps his older friend Mr. Satterthwaite solve crimes using his extraordinary skills and instincts. He appears"
"a few things. He remembers from his readings that the simplest High Magick spell that can be cast is fire. Unknowingly, Tiercel has become the first High Mage in more than a thousand years. The Phoenix Unchained The Phoenix Unchained is the first book of Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory's ""The Enduring Flame Trilogy"". Its sequel is ""The Phoenix Endangered"". Harrier Gillain is the youngest of four brothers and born in a family that has held the Harbor Master position in Armathelieh for centuries. As the youngest, he must follow in his father's footsteps to become the next Harbor Master."
"Grailquest GrailQuest is a series of gamebooks by J. H. Brennan. The books are illustrated by John Higgins. The stories follow the adventures of a young hero named Pip, who is often called upon by Merlin to right wrongs and save the realm from evil. The series is light in tone and does not take itself seriously, often spoofing the fantasy genre and inserting slapstick humor or nonsensical elements. The series is mostly set in King Arthur's realm of Avalon, although the fourth volume, ""Voyage of Terror"", takes place almost entirely in ancient Greece, after Merlin's summoning spell goes wrong."
"that there is no doubt. One scientist's search for truth is about to upend everything her people have ever known. ""G'tok, World of Lost Titans:"" The greedy Goblins worship machines and burn books. A lowly engineer endures visions of other worlds and begins to repair technology that shouldn't even exist. Bronze Canticles The Bronze Canticles is a series of fantasy novels written by Tracy and Laura Hickman, comprising to date ""Mystic Warrior"" (2004), ""Mystic Quest"" (2005), and ""Mystic Empire"" (2006). The series is set across three worlds: ""Aerbon, World of the Dragonkings:"" For more than four centuries, humanity has worshipped"
"the first book) is the idea of the School of Transcendent Oneness and the idea that a special class of being is sent into Creation from time to time to help civilization along. She relates this to the ""once and future king"" concept with the introduction of the quest that forms the overall theme for the series: the search for Eliander, a Carotian prince magicked away long ago to a place outside normal space-time. In the second book, ""Tapestry of Enchantment,"" Dragon Moon Press, 2010 this theme of the once and future king comes to the fore when the one"
"Alfred Hitchcock film ""Psycho"". The game's unusual title can be accredited to Sierra's long-standing tradition of including ""Quest"" in the title of nearly every graphical adventure they published. A bequest is a legacy or gift handed down to someone in a will. Other ""Quest"" games include ""King's Quest"", ""Space Quest"", ""Police Quest"", ""Quest for Glory"" (which was originally titled ""Hero's Quest""), """", """", and ""Goblins Quest 3"" (originally titled ""Goblins 3""). ""The Colonel's Bequest"" is set in 1925. The game's main character is Laura Bow, a Tulane University student, daughter of a detective, and an aspiring journalist. Laura is invited"
"undomesticated forest girl Jasmine. Together the trio travel across Deltora in search of the lost gems. The locations of the gems comprise the titles of the books-with the exception of volume 8-and each gem has certain magical properties, which often assist with the quest. ""The Forests of Silence"" is the first book of the ""Deltora Quest"" series and acts as a sort of introduction to the series. The book is split in two parts, the first, acting like a long prologue, following the lives of Jarred and King Endon, of their childhood and adult life up to when the Shadow"
"is on a search for the Holy Grail. This plot device is also used in the ""Arabian Nights"" tale of ""The City of Brass,"" in which a group of travelers on an archaeological expedition journeys across the Sahara to find a brass vessel that Solomon once used to trap a jinn. Several books in the Harry Potter series orient around a certain object. In ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", Harry believes there is a magical stone in Hogwarts with special powers. Lord Voldemort needs this stone to bring back his body, and Harry looks for the stone first to"
"""Repent, Harlequin!"" Said the Ticktockman ""Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman"" is a science fiction short story by American writer Harlan Ellison published in 1965. It is nonlinear in that the narrative begins in the middle, then moves to the beginning, then the end, without the use of flashbacks. First appearing in the science fiction magazine ""Galaxy"" in December 1965, it won the 1966 Hugo Award, the 1965 Nebula Award and the 2015 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. The story has been translated into numerous foreign languages and is one of the most reprinted stories in the English language. ""'Repent, Harlequin!'"
"this. He does not know why he stopped aging or why he is immortal. Armstrong carries a satchel that plays an important part of the first storyline of the 1992 series. The satchel contains a variety of mysterious and interesting artifacts that Armstrong has accumulated throughout history, including, according to Armstrong, ""the mysteries of the ancient worlds, the eye of the sphynx and the trinkets of the gods. The Holy Grail and universes within universes...the very secrets of life itself."" When it is held by someone other than Armstrong, it causes those around them to obey their every wish, although"
"Thomas makes during his time in Durham, who is in turn killed by Thomas and Robbie. Thomas decides to continue searching for the Grail and kill Guy Vexille on the way. Vagabond (novel) Vagabond is the second novel in The Grail Quest series by Bernard Cornwell. Set during the first stage of the Hundred Years War, it follows Thomas of Hookton's quest to find the Holy Grail, a relic which will grant decisive victory to the possessor. Arrows On The Hill Thomas, Eleanor and Father Hobbe journey to the north of England to speak with the old Monk Brother Collimore,"
"Seeker (Nicholson novel) Seeker (2005) is the first book in the Noble Warriors trilogy, written by William Nicholson. The Noble Warriors, or Nomana, are members of a religious community called the Nom. The Nom was formed by a great warlord, Noman, in order to protect their God, The ""All and Only"". The ""All and Only"" has many other names: the Lost Child, the Loving Mother, the Wounded Warrior and the Wise Father. The God lives in the Garden, located on the island of Anacrea, until it is destroyed, when we find that there are multiple gardens. The Noble Warriors do"
"The Marcie Cooper version of Harlequin first appeared in ""Infinity, Inc."" #46 and was created by Roy Thomas. The unidentified Harlequin first appeared in ""Green Lantern Corps Quarterly"" #5 and was created by Ron Marz and Jim Balent. Harlequin appears in """" #7 (July, 2011). The original Harlequin was Molly Mayne who appeared in stories alongside the Golden Age Green Lantern (Alan Scott). Mayne developed a crush on Scott and, donning a colorful costume (which included harlequin glasses, a conical hat, and a mandolin), started a life of crime to attract his attention. Her crimes tended to be harmless and"
"Fable: The Balverine Order Fable: The Balverine Order is a fantasy novel by Peter David. It is the first book from the ""Fable"" video game series, and takes place sometime after ""Fable II"". The story is told from the point of view of a king of an unknown country who listens to an unnamed story-teller in the Fable universe. The central story involves the characters Thomas Kirkman, a wealthy son of a textile merchant whose mother's death puts him on his quest to find a balverine, and his manservant, James Skelton, a child in a large poor family. The two"
"The Magic Thief The Magic Thief is the first book in a children's fantasy trilogy published by HarperCollins in June 2008. Authored by American Sarah Prineas and illustrated by Antonio Javier Caparo, the novel follows the adventures of Connwaer, a thief, who is taken into apprenticeship by Nevery Flinglas, an old wizard. The sequels ""The Magic Thief: Lost"" was published in June 2009, followed by ""The Magic Thief: Found"" in May 2010 and ""The Magic Thief: Home"" in September 2014. There is also a short e-story, ""A Proper Wizard"", released before the fourth sequel. Prineas wrote the first chapter of"