Author: Katherine Neville
Format: PB
Pages: 552
Genre: Thriller
Publisher: Ballantine, 1999
ISBN-13: 978-0345423139
Series: Stand Alone
Favorite Quote: Maybe the mystery is the ancient wisdom, how to use earth's natural rhythms and energies to support us, instead of damming up rivers that are her arteries, ripping merals out of her belly, cutting down trees that are her breath, building walls to confine all life to allotted spaces.
Synopsis (PBS): When her cousin is slain by an unknown assassin, Ariel Behn becomes the sole heir to a family legacy: a sinister cache of manuscripts that thrusts her into the deadly center of international intrigue--and an age-old enigma that spans the centuries. Whoever assembles and interprets the cryptic clues of this ancient mystery will possess the power to control the fate of the world.
What strange powers lie hidden within the manuscripts? Splashed against a lavish backdrop that sweeps from the rise of the Roman Empire to the fall of the Berlin Wall, THE MAGIC CIRCLE finds one woman standing at the center of it all: Ariel Behn. As she races across continents to reveal the dark secrets buried in her family's past, she begins to unlock the chilling truth of the coming millennium. . . .
Review: This was the strangest book. It had some thrills, although too few for my tastes. It was more of a historical fiction, mixed with a philosophy text. It was pretty dry and boring in many parts.
It skipped between the times of Jesus and Hitler, returning to present time rather suddenly.
I kept reading, hoping it would get better, but I was pretty disappointed, especially since the ending told me very little about the big secret the main characters were looking for during the other 500+ pages.
Rating: 3 / 10
Definitely one to avoid by the sound of it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for a good honest review.
Lynn