The Quest. --- by. --- Nelson DeMille.
DeMille's Quest is another one of those quest for the holy Grail adventure novels. Just what the world needed. But this quest is just a little bit different. For one thing, it isn't set in Rome, it isn't set in Britain. Rather this one is set in the steamy jungles of Ethiopia. DeMille's characters are blessed, or cursed by their usual sense of wit. The novel features sadistic colonels Who love to torment their captives before executing them. The novel features scavenging horsemen who follow the circuit of battlefields in their own quest for the spoils of war: weapons, uniforms, food and drink, body parts. Well, you get the picture.
DeMille has certainly forged another one of those novels sure to keep you entertained if not exactly enlightened. Fun to read if you like this king of book. For sure, Agatha Raisin it ain't.

It makes no sense to rewrite a book to twice its length after publication. Sounds like the author is extremely lazy and desperate and can't be bothered with originality.

Seems to be the longer a writer is successful the worst their books get. I learned years ago the very best books are the author's debut novels.

Originally published in 1975 and rewritten (to nearly twice the original length) and republished in 2013, The Quest follows three journalists in the 1970s as they follow up on a tip from a dying priest. Originally in Ethiopia to cover that country's civil war, their quest for a scoop changes focus when the mortally wounded priest, who claims to have been imprisoned for decades, tells them he's found the Holy Grail. Captured by rebel forces and then kicked out of the country, the three -- driven by different motivations -- plan their return. Fans of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code may be interested in this early take on a historical mystery.

I can't say that this is one go DeMille's better works. His more recent books are better. That being said I still enjoyed the book and character development.

A disappointment. It drags. It repeats. I skimmed paragraphs.
Ending best part.

His worst by far. Makes me wonder if you wrote it.

Such a disappointment, DeMille is so much better than the contents of this book. I returned it only half read. Not up to Camel Club standards and the use of explicit sex woven throughout is a sign of diminished talent.

Very long and dragged out. After 300 pages you still have not reached the main objective. Annoying and naïve main characters. Its almost a copy of Up Country, with just the names and places changed. A very poor effort from Mr. DeMille. 2 stars at best.

Far from DemIlle's best!
Very, very far!

In the past I have loved all of Mr. DeMille's books. This novel, however, in my opinion dragged on and on. The story kept repeating itself with desert fights between different desert tribes and it is very graphic and disturbing. The entire chapters seemed to be based on one fight after another and the description of the savagery of the tribes. There seemed to be no change to this novel as I neared the middle of the book so I returned it without finishing it. This is the FIRST DeMille novel I returned without reading to the end.