The Quest: A Novel

Tom.
    And last, but never least, I thank my young bride, Sandy DeMille, who said to me, when I was having doubts during the rewriting of
The Quest
, “This is some of the best writing you’ve ever done.” That set the standard, and I remembered those words every time I sat down to face a blank page. As Ovid said, “Scribire iussit amor”—Love bade me write.

NOVELS BY NELSON D E MILLE
    By the Rivers of Babylon
    Cathedral
    The Talbot Odyssey
    Word of Honor
    The Charm School
    The Gold Coast
    The General’s Daughter
    Spencerville
    Plum Island
    The Lion’s Game
    Up Country
    Night Fall
    Wild Fire
    The Gate House
    The Lion
    The Panther
With Thomas Block
    Mayday
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