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Richard Monaco


Parsival, or A Knight's Tale

Saga of Parsival: Book 1

Richard Monaco

The classic tale of one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table is thrillingly reimagined in this gritty, contemporary novel.

Richard Monaco has taken a slice of the Arthurian legend and created a thoroughly modern-minded re-imagining of the classic tale. Colorful medieval settings blend with a hard-edged look at human foibles and a romantic story of love and loss is narrated with a lean, contemporary sensibility to form a new, but still ageless, adventure that anyone can enjoy.

The Grail War

Saga of Parsival: Book 2

Richard Monaco

Parsival must take up his sword once more...

The hero Parsival finds himself thrown back into a world of bloody fights, turmoil and war.

Amidst all this destruction, he and many others continue their search for the illusive myth of the Grail for its magical and holy powers, which will turn the tide of war.

In this second installment of Richard Monaco's expertly written series, Parsival must do battle with the evil Clinschor, who ultimately threatens destruction and terror for the world.

Will Parsival succeed on his quest to defeat this formidable enemy to all mankind?

And will the war -- and the Grail -- slip further from his grasp?

The Final Quest

Saga of Parsival: Book 3

Richard Monaco

Medieval England has been left in ruins, plague-ridden and war-weary.

Now, Sir Parsival must embark on his final quest... to search for his lost wife, Layla, and son, Lohengrin.

But death and fantasy prey hand in hand in the once-enchanted kingdom.

Amid this bleak, dangerous and plague-ridden landscape, the evil and demonic Clinschor continues to search for the Holy Grail, whilst Parsival also embarks on a quest to find his long lost family.

Through all this, Broaditch of Nigh and his family must also traverse through the war and plague-ridden tatters of medieval, Arthurian England.

Will Parsival finally complete his quest in search of the Grail?

Blood and Dreams

Saga of Parsival: Book 4

Richard Monaco

Parsival is tired and disillusioned. A member of King Arthur's round table, he has decided to leave and puruse his own journey. However, the elusive Grail quest still haunts his dreams.

He is jaded, an older, more cynical knight.

As Parsival quests, his family is in turmoil. Now, unwillingly, he must take up his old mission once more. The search for the Grail continues, and in ways he could never have anticipated...

Waylaid by a team that is internally being torn in different directions, the quest for the Grail brings magic and mayhem to Parsival's life. Morgan le Fay becomes a questing companion as Parsival discovers there may be more inside him than he could have ever believed.

Parsival and company must escape numerous captors, save his family that have become pawns in the treacherous game, and prevent the forces of evil that would use the Grail for world domination.

The Quest for Avalon

Saga of Parsival: Book 5

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.

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