Richard Monaco has created an unusual slant on the Arthurian Legend. Horror and bloodshed mingle with a soft, imaginative romanticism making an instant classic. —Salisbury Times, Britain

A soaring fantasy of the spirit and the sword by the author of Parsival

First printing. The third in this series of novels set in the time of King Arthur, and retelling the story of Parsival, "The wars are over and there is nothing but great loss to show for all the struggle. Parsival, his friends and his family are scattered across the face of plague-ridden England." 337 pp. Wrap-around dustjacket art by David McCall Johnston.

Parsifal, a knight of the Round Table, becomes engrossed in the search for the Holy Grail while coping with his errant son, Lohengrin, who has stolen a magical sword and plans to give it to the evil Morgana

Lost The Quest For Avalon explores the tangled and forbidden love relationships of Parsival, his son, wife, Gawain and others amidst the dark magical power-plots of Morgana the witch in a Post-Apocalyptic terroristic, plague-struck world swirling with mad politics and violent religious cults.