The Quest Trilogy Series by Ru Emerson

Brave men, one and all, have been dispatched on what the king promised was a glorious quest. But Xena knows the truth -- Menelaus is using the questers to hunt down Helen, the wife who fled from him years ago. Now the Warrior Princess must risk the wrath of her sworn enemy, the god Poseidon, as she takes to the sea to warn Helen...

Brave men, one and all, have been dispatched on what the king promised was a glorious quest. But Xena knows the truth -- Menelaus is using the questers to hunt down Helen, the wife who fled from him years ago. Now the Warrior Princess must risk the wrath of her sworn enemy, the god Poseidon, as she takes to the sea to warn Helen...

Blown off-course to the land of Crete, Xena, Warrior Princess, her apprentice, the bard Gabrielle, and Joxer the Mighty hope to find word of Helen of Troy’s location. Little do they expect to find Helen herself living as a servant in the king’s palace.With King Menelaus and the priest Avicus closing in, Helen and her protectors make their last stand... moreBlown off-course to the land of Crete, Xena, Warrior Princess, her apprentice, the bard Gabrielle, and Joxer the Mighty hope to find word of Helen of Troy’s location. Little do they expect to find Helen herself living as a servant in the king’s palace.With King Menelaus and the priest Avicus closing in, Helen and her protectors make their last stand. But will the mystical defenses of Crete and its minotaur be enough to save them all?Based on the hit television series, Xena: Warrior Princess, created by John Schulian and Robert Tapert, How the Quest Was Won continues the story of Xena and her trusted companion, Gabrielle, as they fight to protect the innocent and to redeem Xena’s troubled past. less