Book Review: Fall of Knight

I love Peter David's stuff.
I first read his stuff back in high school when I was reading Star Trek: The Next Generation books. My favorite books went into the small lending library I kept in my locker. Really. I kept about 16 paperbacks in my locker and about half were out at any one time.
The point is that I kept all my favorite ST:TNG books in my locker. All but one were written by Peter David. He wrote "Imzadi" which is the one Star Trek book that even people who don't watch the show like.
He's also written for The Hulk, Spiderman, X-Men, Fantastic Four, part of the Civil War storyline, and other comics. Besides the Star Trek books, he's done several movie novelizations, some Battlestar Galactica books, and some Babylon 5 books.

Peter David is not limited to his fanboy work and piggybacking off of established names. He has written several independent books. "Fall of Knight" is the third book in this series.

He wrote "Knight Life" twice. Several years after it's initial release he felt the need to go back and add a lot more. An estimated 2/3 more.
After suffering a near fatal wound at the hands of his bastard son, King Arthur went to Avalon to heal. It was said that he would return to take power when the world needed him. "Knight Life" is the story of King Arthur's return. He comes back and runs for mayor of New York City. Merlin has continued to age backwards so he's only eight years old. Percival still lives and is found living on the streets of New York. Things are complicated by Morgan Le Fay and the reincarnations of Guinevere and Lancelot.

The second book, "One Night Only", takes a darker turn while keeping the sense of humor. Arthur was mayor of New York when terrorists attacked. This has helped propel him on to the White House. The war against the terrorist leader leads him to resign his office so he can pursue the Holy Grail which is in the hands of the legendary figure Gilgamesh.

In "Fall of Knight" Arthur and Gwen are spending their days on a boat in the middle of the ocean. But fate steps in to bring them back to America. Arthur is forced to admit that he has the Holy Grail. He stirs people up by implying that Jesus got his powers from the Grail instead of the other way around. A religion begins to form around Arthur. A means is devised to use the Grail to heal the greatest number of people by bottling the water. But, as it tends to be when dealing with magic, every act of good must be balanced with an act of destruction.

I highly recommend the whole trilogy.