Circle of Days 9781529442380 Paperback

‘Monumentally epic . . . a superb novel’ LEE CHILDFrom the master of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge.A PRIESTESS WHO BELIEVES IN THE IMPOSSIBLEA MONUMENT THAT WILL DEFINE A CIVILIZATIONIn the high summer heat, Joia watches the Midsummer ceremony that signals the start of a new year, enthralled. She dreams of a miraculous new monument, raised from the biggest stones in the world. It is a vision of a great circle, assembled by the divided tribes of the Great Plain. Helped by Seft, a talented miner, it will 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.ONE OF THE GREATEST MYSTERIES OF OUR AGEIMAGINED BY ONE OF THE GREATEST STORYTELLERS OF OUR TIME’Always entertaining’THE TIMES’Historical mastery’DAILY MIRROR’As rich as it is thrilling’I PAPER