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1) Heretic
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 20
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From New York Times bestselling 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
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"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...
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Robert Langdon novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 23
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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...
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Grail Quest (Bernard Cornwell) volume 1
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The first volume in this new series begins a medieval quest for the Holy Grail. When his English village is attacked by French marauders led by a vicious knight, young Thomas vows revenge and to retrieve a holy treasure taken from the church. Traveling to France, Thomas joins the army of King Edward III at the beginning of the Hundred Years War, becoming an preternaturally gifted--and deadly--archer.
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While the Ethiopian Civil War rages, a Catholic priest languishes in prison. Forty years have passed since he last saw daylight. His crime? Claiming to know the true location of Christ's cup from the Last Supper. Then the miraculous happens - a mortar strikes the prison and he is free!
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Robert Langdon volume 2
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 23
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Investigating the murder of a Louvre curator, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu find clues painted into a Da Vinci work, inadvertently uncovering a plot involving the Holy Grail and the secret society known as the Priory of Sion.
8) Skin Game
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Dresden files volume 15
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Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day. Because as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, its something awful. He doesnt know the half of it . . . Mab has just traded Harrys skills to pay off one of her debts. And now he must help a group of supernatural villains-led by one of Harrys most dreaded and despised enemies, Nicodemus...
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Cotten Stone mysteries volume 1
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-- , run out and buy this book! Modern technology mixed with mythology make for a fast read. This globe-trotting adventure story with biblical undertones will keep you hooked!"—Nancy J. Cohen, author of the Bad Hair Day mystery series
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Empire of the vampire volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
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"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...
11) Vagabond
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Series
Grail Quest (Bernard Cornwell) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 24
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While fearsome French and Scottish armies sharpen their blades for war, English archer Thomas of Hookton is given a special mission. Sent to norhern England, he searches for the ultimate weapon - the Holy Grail. Legend tells that the Grail was once held by Thomas' family, so he is the ideal man to look for it. But he's not the only one tracking the omnipotent relic.
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Sangreal trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2007
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The concluding part of the captivating Sangreal trilogy from the author of Prospero's Children.
Like most young people, when Nathan Ward sleeps, he has adventures. But unlike most people, Nathan cannot relish the escapism, for his dreams are not fantasies; his adventures are real and the nightmares he faces in them can keep him from ever waking up.
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Guenevere trilogy volume 3
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A terrible darkness falls over Camelot and in the midst of the chaos appears a new knight, Sir Galahad. Barely fourteen, he may hold the key to the mystery of the stolen Hallows, which the Christians believe to be the Holy Grail. this completes the final cycle of the Quest for the Holy Grail and the fall of Camelot.
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The youngest Templar volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
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Young Squire Tristan, Robard, Maryam and Angel make one last desperate push to deliver the Holy Grail to safety in 1191 Scotland, but the way is full of danger as new enemies are met and Sir Hugh attempts to thwart them at every turn.
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Sangreal trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 18
Description
Nathan Ward, raised under the protection of old Bartlemy in the small English village of Thornyhill, begins having dreams of a magical world known as Eos, and of a greenish stone cup set with jewels, and his life becomes a dangerous adventure when pieces of his dreams begin to materialize in real life.
16) One knight only
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Modern Arthur trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 19
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Now president of the United States, Arthur Pendragon, the Once and Future King, again takes up his quest for the Holy Grail in order to save the life of his beloved wife, Gwen, left at death's door following an assassination attempt.
17) Corbenic
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Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
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In this modern day version of Perceval and the Holy Grail, a guilt-ridden British teenager leaves his mentally ill mother to live with his wealthy uncle and begins a journey of self-knowledge and redemption after being briefly transported to the Waste Land of Arthurian times.
18) Grail
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Pendragon cycle volume 5
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When plague comes to Britain, King Arthur, awed by the healing power of the Grail, is determined to build a shrine for the holy cup, but one of Arthur's most trusted men kidnaps Arthur's queen and steals the Grail, revealing the diabolical plot of the evil Morgian, Queen of Air and Darkness.
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The youngest Templar volume 1
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Description
In 1191, fifteen-year-old Tristan, a youth of unknown origin raised in an English abbey, becomes a Templar Knight's squire during the Third Crusade and soon finds himself on a mission to bring the Holy Grail to safety.
20) Hex and the city
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Nightside series volume 4
Pub. Date
c2005
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In this fourth novel of Green's popular fantasy series, Lady Luck hires John Taylor to investigate the origins of the Nightside--the dark heart of London where it's always 3 a.m. But as he uncovers facts about his long-vanished mother, the Nightside--and all of existence--could be snuffed out.