The Magic Circle 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 a
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 wWhen 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
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Oh, this book was so disappointing I had big hopes after really enjoying The Eight The central character, Ariel, was suppose to be a nuclear expert and a super code cracker but her character really lacks the mental strength required for both Also, it felt like she was lead from event to event and never really took the lead herself Plus the whole convoluted family inbreeding situation that unraveled over the course of the story was disturbing The ick factor was too much for me Then trying to weav [...]
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Old rate Read on 2002 As good as The Eight.Post College favorite genre
The Magic Circle NRKathleen Neville 3rd bookSnake River, Idaho, 1989 Ariel Behn, a toxic materials expert at a remote nuclear site, finds her well ordered life shattered when her cousin is slain by an unknown assassin His shocking death leaves Ariel sole heir to a family legacy a sinister cache of manuscripts that sweeps her into the deadly center of international intrigue and a mystery that spans the centuries Jerusalem, 32 AD During the last week in the life of Christ, as the world stands on t [...]
Okay, I read The Eight, by this author, and I have to say, it was one of my favourite books, hands down, ever The Magic Circle, really really really fell short of that Now, granted, I listened to it abridged on four audiocassettes, but it just didn t flow.Basically, the tale is thus Ariel Behn, daughter of a really complex family structure, inherits something when her half blood cousin maybe is killed, and that something might get her killed So when her gypsy german rom aryan aboriginal you name [...]
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I thought this would be an enjoyable if silly read, but I had to abandon it after about fifty pages because my sensibilities could no longer stand the nonstop assault of trite bestseller romance novel prose that passes for writing in its pages I should have put it down when she mentioned a character s mane of golden hair on the first page, but I soldiered on The section on ancient Rome set off all my History Professor alarms but, hey, it s just a novel Still, when the main character falls in lov [...]
Sinceramente no se porque lo intente de nuevo con esta autora, se enrolla muchisimo y un libro que empieza de una forma interesante se convierte en un rollo interminable con un exceso de datos, lios, vueltas y mas vueltas uffff A lo mejor soy yo pero definitivamente no volvere a leer nada de Neville.
I had high hopes for this story when it started with the Sybiline oracles and Jesus, but what a horrible mess this story turned out to be I slogged through thinking things would somehow tie together at the end, but all I was left with was a thrown together conclusion that was completely unsatisfying Add that to the awful, incestuous romances and weird rationalizations for the Holocaust and you re left with a terrible read I m starting to be convinced that she didn t really write The Eight which [...]
I wanted to like this book, and while I was not expecting literary genius, this was just bad BAD BAD BAD I can read just about anything, but I could NOT get into this book Shampoo bottles posess better prose Beautiful, tragic, intelligent, rich heroine trust me, her beauty and natural intelligence are mentioned ALOT who despite posessing all these fabulous qualities, is incapable of making a decision with her brain instead of her vagina UGH Maybe fans of Twilight would enjoy it.
Finally remembered the name of this book I read many years ago I remember the plot sounded so intriguing on the cover but I was a bit let down by how the story unfolded It s been too long to remember many details but I do know I liked the book, I just didn t love the book.
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The Magic Circle by Katherine NevilleThe author of the book Eight uses a similar formula two tales separated by time, but intertwined in mystery, as the means to tell a story.The first tale deals with the last days of Jesus Christ from A D 32 to A D 61 As the world stands on the brink of a new two thousand year cycle, emperor Tiberius tries to decipher the clues of an age old enigma the source of power that comes from objects like the spear that killed Jesus and the sword used by John to slice t [...]
8 6 As with all of the Katherine Neville books I ve read, the historical data that she uses is by far some of the best I ve seen in any novel I gave the book three stars, however, because the story that surrounds the data seems to follow the same formula to the other two books I ve read A definite good read for anyone who enjoys discovering other theories behind some of the world s most popular mythologies.7 30 I ve read two of Katherine Neville s other novels, The Eight and The Fire I think tha [...]
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I read this one before I read The Eight, and this book alone is the reason for my ardent desire of visiting Vienna, and an even bigger love for the Sachertorte Again, a great mix of historical novel, family matters, romance and secrets from the philosophical to the ethical Quite a rollercoaster of a read Now re read in 2017, it has lost nothing of its depth and all the Nazi references seem to be even dire
Eh,it was goodHowever,I expected somethingI don t know,something .After The Eight,I thought The Magic Circle would be as exciting if not but I can t say I was satisfied with the result.I guess what made me look over the amazing riddles and mysteries that had to be solved was the fact that,after some point,I grew tired of Ariel s mistake to keep falling in bed with a traitor.And I can t say that the whole kinda incest thing was thrilling me
This book was just too convoluted to be believed The Magic Circle follows Ariel Behn as she tries to discover the secrets hidden in her family history And her family history changes quite frequently throughout the book The historical flashbacks often didn t make sense, and didn t seem to have any bearing on the story The ending really just doesn t seem to bring together all points of the story.
I m starting to get really pissed about GR losing my reviewsI should know better than to post them only on GR So, suffice it to say that I loved The Eight, and this isn t that It isn t even a shadow of that What s worse, it s ground covered by Dan Brown, and others, and Dan Brown did it better.
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Too much historyblah, blah, blah The story was interesting when the book was not refering back to Roman time, Druids, Caligua, Hitler, Greel gods See my point with too much history, over half the book was useless to me.
By the end of this long and convoluted book I was really starting to wonder what I was reading about I m still not sure who was related to who and exactly what the point of the story was Very disappointing from a author that I have enjoyed reading in the past.
Having enjoyed Katherine Neville s previous two books as light escapism, I was looking forward to reading this one too How on earth I managed to struggle on to the end I have no idea as it is absolutely awful and filled with New Age drivel Save yourself the time and don t bother.
I like the intricacies of the book, but incest freaks me out.
This book is the Platonic form of bad.
This is a hard one to place Two and a half stars is probably accurate, but given the limitations of a full star rating, it s just not good enough for three For a tl dr verdict, scroll to the bottom.The back of the book made me expect a Da Vinci Code style thriller, with historical conspiracies and treasure hunts for secret knowledge That aspect is there, but it gets almost buried under a very convoluted plot, buckets of dense exposition thrown at the reader with little to connect them, and digr [...]
While I love this author and her first book The Eight is on my all time favorite books list, this book tops that list The Magic Circle is as intricate and detailed as The Eight, but the subject matter hits me even closer to home If you like Diana Gabaldon s Outlander series, you will probably enjoy this book I highly recommend this to all kinds of people and re read it about every 2 years and I don t normally re read books.
Too much of EVERYTHING, it makes it completely naive , pretentious and often unfocused.Also, all the characters seem to utter their words in quite similar ways Moreover, Ariel, the main character is so incompletely put on paper and unconvincing, that , while reading the book, I often completely forgot about her.
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