Ken Follett se adentra en su épica nueva novela en uno de los mayores misterios de la la construcción de Stonehenge. UN MINERO DEL SÍLEX CON UN DON Seft, un extractor de sílex con un gran talento, recorre la Gran Llanura en pleno calor estival para presenciar los rituales que señalan el comienzo de un nuevo año. Está allí para intercambiar sus piedras en las celebraciones del solsticio y para encontrarse con Neen, la chica a la que ama. La próspera familia de Neen le ofrece además una forma de escapar de la brutalidad de su padre y hermanos acogiéndolo en su comunidad de ganaderos. UNA SACERDOTISA QUE CREE EN LO IMPOSIBLE Joia, la hermana de Neen, es una sacerdotisa idealista y con una increíble capacidad de liderazgo. De niña, asiste cautivada a la Ceremonia del Solsticio de Verano y sueña con un nuevo y espectacular monumento levantado con las piedras más grandes del mundo. Pero la agitación está creciendo en las colinas y bosques de la Gran Llanura. UN MONUMENTO QUE DEFINIRÁ A UNA CIVILIZACIÓN La visión de Joia de un enorme círculo de piedras, reunidas por las divididas tribus de la Gran Llanura, inspirará a Seft y se convertirá en la obra de su vida. Sin embargo, a medida que la sequía arrase la tierra, la desconfianza crecerá entre los ganaderos, los cultivadores y los habitantes de los bosques..., y un acto de violencia salvaje provocará una guerra abierta.
Author
Ken Follett is one of the world’s most successful authors. Over 170 million copies of the 36 books he has written have been sold in over 80 countries and in 33 languages. Born on June 5th, 1949 in Cardiff, Wales, the son of a tax inspector, Ken was educated at state schools and went on to graduate from University College, London, with an Honours degree in Philosophy – later to be made a Fellow of the College in 1995. He started his career as a reporter, first with his hometown newspaper the South Wales Echo and then with the London Evening News. Subsequently, he worked for a small London publishing house, Everest Books, eventually becoming Deputy Managing Director. Ken’s first major success came with the publication of Eye of the Needle in 1978. A World War II thriller set in England, this book earned him the 1979 Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. It remains one of Ken’s most popular books. In 1989, Ken’s epic novel about the building of a medieval cathedral, The Pillars of the Earth, was published. It reached number one on best-seller lists everywhere and was turned into a major television series produced by Ridley Scott, which aired in 2010. World Without End, the sequel to The Pillars of the Earth, proved equally popular when it was published in 2007. Ken’s new book, The Evening and the Morning, will be published in September 2020. It is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth and is set around the year 1,000, when Kingsbridge was an Anglo-Saxon settlement threatened by Viking invaders. Ken has been active in numerous literacy charities and was president of Dyslexia Action for ten years. He was chair of the National Year of Reading, a joint initiative between government and businesses. He is also active in many Stevenage charities and is President of the Stevenage Community Trust and Patron of Home-Start Hertfordshire. Ken, who loves music almost as much as he loves books, is an enthusiastic bass guitar player. He lives in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, with his wife Barbara, the former Labour Member of Parliament for Stevenage. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren and two Labradors.
