The Second Sleep
A novel
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3.8 • 151 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
From the bestselling author of Conclave, Fatherland, and the Cicero Trilogy comes a chilling and dark new thriller unlike anything Robert Harris has done before.
1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts—coins, fragments of glass, human bones—which the old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death?
Fairfax becomes determined to discover the truth. Over the course of the next six days, everything he believes—about himself, his faith, and the history of his world—will be tested to destruction.
Customer Reviews
Rushed Ending
This book held my interest for the most part—which is the good news. The ending was silly and seemed rushed. Made me regret reading it in the first place. Come on, you can do better than that.
More complex than I expected
There is something about the simplicity of the telling of the story that draws the reader farther into the activity. The youth, naïveté, and idealism of the main character fall away in the span of only a few days. I hope the next book of Mr. Harris is nearly as good. I am about to find out.
Too many inconsistencies
A poor read that goes nowhere.