Circle of Days
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4.1 • 1K Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
From a bestselling author of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge.
"Superb." —Lee Childs, New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series
A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFT
Seft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a new year. He is there to trade his stone at the Midsummer Fair, and to find Neen, the girl he loves. Her family lives in prosperity and offer Seft an escape from his brutish father and brothers within their herder community.
A PRIESTESS WHO BELIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLE
Joia, Neen’s sister, is a priestess with a vision and an unmatched ability to lead. As a child, she watches the Midsummer ceremony, enthralled, and dreams of a miraculous new monument, raised from the biggest stones in the world. But trouble is brewing among the hills and woodlands of the Great Plain.
A MONUMENT THAT WILL DEFINE A CIVILIZATION
Joia’s vision of a great stone circle, assembled by the divided tribes of the Plain, will inspire Seft and become their life’s work. But as drought ravages the earth, mistrust grows between the herders, farmers and woodlanders—and an act of savage violence leads to open warfare ...
Truly ambitious in scope, Circle of Days invites you to join master storyteller Ken Follett in exploring one of the greatest mysteries of all time.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In this engrossing novel, Ken Follett offers his take on one of antiquity’s greatest mysteries: the building and meaning of Stonehenge. Follett takes us back in time to 2500 BCE. Here, priestess Joia and her former flint-mining brother-in-law, Seft, seek to unite the troubled region with a remarkable feat of ancient engineering. Follett spins a sprawling historical yarn with this riveting, well-researched book about Neolithic England, filled with intriguing ideas about prehistoric life. He sketches a credible world of farmers, herders, and woodlanders as they deal with drought, famine, family, and spirituality. Gather your clan and stoke the fire for a trek through the origins of an iconic world wonder.
Customer Reviews
I liked this book
This story gave me a real appreciation of what it may have been like to build a monument of stone with primitive technology. The human story was well done and the character development held my interest.
Not up to snuff
I am avid reader of Follett, but this one didn’t work for me. Predictable plot, droll writing. It was hard for me to finish unlike others that were hard to put down. Disappointed.
Surprisingly poorly written
So repetitive and so boring I had to skip pages. And I usually love Ken Follet.