Circle of Days

De: Ken Follett

Narrado por: Richard Armitage

From a bestselling author of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge.

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 our age: Stonehenge.

Not my Favorite Follett Novel

I was excited to read Ken Follett's new novel as he is one of my favorite authors. I have just visited Stonehenge so this was exciting as well. This novel dragged on a bit and perhaps the stone moving concept just wasn't enough to hold my interest. I'm still a fan of Follett and will always read his new novels!

Ken Follet does not disappoint

The narration was fantastic. The story pulled me in. I listened pretty much non stop.

Could have been better.

Ken Follett will remain my all time favorite author. I have read the Pillars series and the Century Trilogy at least 5 times each, those books definitely had influence on my life. This book was lovely, but it didnt feel as detailed as the other books I mentioned. In his other books he gives so much detail to each person's look, appearance, personality and character that you can see them in your mind like they are right in front of you. In this book, if they didnt repeat Farmer, Woodsman, or Herder over and over I wouldn't have known who was who, with the exception of Joya, yet even her character was a blur in comparison to Ethel ...who kisses as if she has one minute left to live, or Carris...who is always topping herself with the newrst strong willed woman ways, or...well you get the picture. It has some scenarios that were dull copies from the other books. With Pillars I felt I was right there building the cathedral with them. Examining arch windows, and seeing the rubble, with this book... all I know is they found the world's biggest rocks and shifted them somewhere. There is no comparison to the other great works he has created, but if I don't compare the books then this book was lovely.

Well Done!!

The story was well thought out. I listened straight through to the end. It was a bit formulaic -- but I got a vivid idea of how people might have lived around 3000 BC.

Love Ken Follett!

I did not want this story to end. The characters and their dreams came to life.