One Knight Only

By Peter David

Book Overview

Arthur Pendragon, the Once and Future King, has pursued his political career all the way to the White House. Then tragedy strikes, in the form of an assassination attempt that leaves his wife Gwen at death's door. To save her, Arthur must once again seek the Holy Grail, the Cup whose magical powers can heal her body and soul... And as Arthur knows from experience, grail-hunting can be a very dangerous occupation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441010571
• ISBN13: 9780441010578
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Ace
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.3" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Now For Something Rather Different...

For those who have read "Knight Life," "One Knight Only" will definitely come as something of a surprise. It's a much more serious novel for perhaps much more serious times. That's not to say that there isn't still much of the same sort of humor that readers have seen in "Knight Life" and other Peter David stories, but on the whole, this is a much more weighty book. I'll admit, it took me a while to get used to the more serious...

Sacrifice and Loyalty

One Knight Only is the second novel in the King Arthur series, following Knight Life. In the previous volume, Arthur Pendragon has foiled the plotting of Morgan Le Fay, has become the Mayor of New York City, and has married the current incarnation of Guinevere. Life is good, but circumstances soon change.In this novel, Arthur has moved up the political ladder to become President of the United States. Now he has gained another...

Arthur's 21st Century Story Continues....

Arthur: "If I have need of you, I shall summon you...how? Through mystic incantation? A crystal ball of some kind you will give me?"Basiliskos: "Arthur...don't be an .... This is the twenty-first century... Contact me in that manner.""One Knight Only" is the recently published sequel to "Knight Life", Peter David's very first novel. In "Knight Life" Peter constructed a tale in which Arthur, having returned to life to...

This is a whole 'nother Arthur.

In Knight Life, Peter David gave us funny, action-packed fantasy surrounding Arthur, the Once and Future King, who has come back to life and is making a bid to become mayor of New York. In the long-awaited sequel, One Knight Only, Arthur has advanced to the presidency -- but this is no light-hearted yarn. One Knight Only is a much grimmer book than its predecessor. That's not to say it lacks humor, but it's much subtler and...

Great King Arthur tale

Legends never die they just wait to be reborn in another time and place. King Arthur the Pendragon slept in a secret cave for over a millennium until he was needed again and Merlin woke him from his enchanted slumber. Arthur was running for Mayor of New York when he met his reincarnated wife and remarried her. When terrorists blow up whole blocks of New York City, Arthur and Gwen were right in the middle of the rescue efforts...