Dear Mt. Cornwell, Frankly, I have just discovered your works. I really enjoyed "The Vagabond" and I am eager to find the rest of the books of Grail Quest series. What I want to ask you concerns my guess based on two scenes in this book. The first scene describes how Thomas comes to the church where his father served. He found a simple clay bowl (could it be called a chalice?)and threw it away. The second scene contains Thomas' talk with Mordechai. Mordechai says that Jesus was poor and it it is unlikely that He used dishes made of silver and gold, even though it was Seder, the Jewish holiday ceremonial feast. Did you want to hint that for that reason real Grail had never been found? People simply couldn't believe the real Grail didn't look like a treasure. Maybe that simple clay bowl that Thomas threw away was the Grail? I am from Israel, and though my native language is Russian, I also know English and Hebrew near native. I read "The Vagabond" in Russian, and I think the translation didn't affect its excellence . Maybe I will find the rest of the books in English, but they are great in Russian as well. Thank you again.
Natalia Lebedev
Keep reading the rest of the series! The grail, of course, was an invention of the Middle Ages, and an inspired invention too, and of course it's usually depicted as a bowl (or goblet) of precious metal studded with gems, but the real thing must have been very simple . . . mere clay! And thank you.