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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780345423139
ISBN number: 0345423135
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 560
Printing Date: January 30, 1999
Publishing house: Ballantine Books
Release Date: January 30, 1999
Sale Popularity Level: 122931
Studio: Ballantine Books
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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. . . .
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This book was very first published in 1998, the same year as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. However, from the text, it appears to have been written much earlier. There is a major character named Hermione. And, there are 13 "sacred hallows" - some of which look very, very familiar. The story has other similarities with HP7, so it does seem like JK was influenced by this book.
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I am in total agreement with Booklist and Publishing houses' Weekly! Good grief! If Neville was trying to 'wow' us with her intellect and intelligence, she had already done that quite nicely in "The Eight", a novel which blended the tale with extremely informative and thought-provoking historical reference. I hope "assume" is not the wrong word- but I assume, since Neville does not credit outside sources with her research, that she does her own or is herself possessed of that photographic memory of Ariel's which is, while both admirable and enviable, at root the bane of this book! When upon completion of a reading, you find that you could reasonably extract the entire storyline and reformulate it into a very enjoyable short story with little effort...well, let's just say if I wanted to get from Vermont to San Diego- I would not go via Iceland and Miami. Katherine Neville jumped into my top ten favorite authors with "The Eight", among Elizabeth George, Greg Iles, John Case, Jeff Long. Her obviously incredibly wide range of knowledge and experience [and maybe a little AADD?] is great fodder for her writing, more of which I look forward to in earnest. I, too, will hang on to my copy of "The Circle", but it will go into my reference section for further study on myriad factual tangents too numerous for even an above-average reader to fathom at once!
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Katherine Neville is a truly gifted writer. Her books are well researched, paced to keep you turning the pages, and are definitely more "literate" than the offerings of most authors in this genre. If you thought the DaVinci Code was good, you'll think Magic Circle is great. After you read this one...try her book "The Eight". It's amazing!
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This book was a mess. At very first I thought that it was going to be interesting and suspensful, but I was wrong. The main plot line of the story is good, but the background and historical chapters are confusing and totally distracting. I love books of this nature and this was a total disappointment.
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I read the very first book of Katherine Neville and thought this one might turn out good. Instead, the history part of the book was kind of obscure and didn't seem to conjure the whole story. There were some interesting characters but overall the story was shabby related and lack the focus of a main theme.
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