by Katherine Neville
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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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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Disappointed with AudioBook Magic Circle, 2009-05-26
I didn't realize the audiobook was an abridged version of the Magic Circle. I purchased it used and received it with all of the markings of a public library copy (as in the property of). The abridged version left me even more frustrated with this really good story. The book has me struggling through all of the historical detail the author throws in which is why I thought the audobook would help. The abridged version didn't. I won't be looking for the unabridged version.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Get a genealogy program, 2009-04-20
Before you even start this book get a genealogy program or lots of blank family charts. You will need them to even get a clue about who is going on in this book.
I don't mind extended families but this was horrible. I guess there might have been a good story there but I spent so much time confused about the characters in the family that I'm not sure about the story. And, as well as family members that are legion, there are non-family member characters. Skip this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Completely forgettable, 2009-02-16
I found this book on my bookshelf and thought - hmm, must have missed this one. I read the synopsis, was immediately drawn in, and wondered why it had taken me so long to get around to reading it. So I started reading. Things seemed somewhat familiar. I thought that maybe I had started this once upon a time and for whatever reason wasn't able to finish. I read on. 300 pages, 350 pages - geez is this deja vu or what?! It seriously took me around 400 pages to realize I had in fact already read the whole book! I NEVER forget plots or stories! Never say never. So I had to finish it after putting in all the hard yards - what a convoluted and verbose piece of rubbish! It's so completely far-fetched. If Katherine Neville ever read a history book it was about as memorable to her as The Magic Circle was to me the first time around. So if you haven't read this - don't bother and if you can't remember, best to leave it forgotten.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Worst read ever-, 2008-12-14
I forced myself through almost 200 pages of this, hoping it would improve. It seems as if the author is trying to impress the readers with a wide range of historical references, inaccurate and imaginary. Admittedly, this is fiction, but it is still a waste of time.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Engrossing, 2008-11-11
Having just read and loved Ms. Neville's 'The Eight' and its sequel, 'The Fire', I was eager to read this one, and it did not disappoint. Though it didn't have quite the compelling can't-wait-to-see-what-happens-next quality of 'The Eight', it was still a great read in what I call the wide-ranging space time thriller genre, of which I am a huge fan. It's similar to 'Possession', 'The Labyrinth', and 'The Historian'.
Of course, some of the events and relationships are far-fetched. Nero, Mary Magdalene and Adolph Hitler participate in the plot, but that's what makes Ms. Neville's novels so appealing. Her ability to illuminate history through the evolution of place names, and to make historical characters believably participate in the story is simply stunning. Yes, the convoluted relationships of the Behn family are confusing, why some of the characters introduced in the first few pages don't show up again for several hundred more is baffling, and the connection between some of the major plot points seems contrived, but it's a great journey nonetheless. I didn't give it five stars because the contemporary story contains a few too many coincidences that suspend disbelief pretty high over the precipice, but written along the same lines as 'The DaVinci Code', this book is WAY better.
My advice is to just sit back and let Ms. Neville take you where she will. She's a fine scholar and writer, and the trip is well worth taking.
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