Passion and conflict during the
Cold War from master storyteller, Ken Follett, the final book in the ‘Century’
trilogy.
As the decisions made in the corridors of power bring
the world to the brink of oblivion, five families from across the globe are
brought together in this unforgettable tale.
When Rebecca Hoffmann, a teacher in East Germany, finds
herself pursued by the secret police, she discovers that she has been living a
lie. Her younger brother, Walli, longs to escape across the Berlin Wall to
Britain to become part of the burgeoning music scene.
In the United States, George Jakes, a bright young
lawyer in the Kennedy administration, is a fierce supporter of the Civil Rights
movement – as is the woman he is in love with, Verena, who works for Martin
Luther King, Jr. Boarding a Greyhound bus in Washington to protest against
segregation, they begin a fateful journey together.
Russian activist, Tania Dvorkin, narrowly evades capture
for producing an illegal news sheet. Her actions are made all the more perilous
as her brother, Dimka, is a rising star in the heart of the Communist Party in
the Kremlin. From the deep south of America to the vast expanses of Siberia,
from the shores of Cuba to the swinging streets of Sixties London, Edge of Eternity is a sweeping tale of
the fight for individual freedom in a world gripped by the mightiest clash of
superpowers anyone has ever known.
Edge of Eternity
Ken Follett
Macmillan - RRP $49.99, Hardback
About the Author
Ken Follett was
twenty-seven when he wrote Eye of the
Needle, an award-winning thriller that became an international bestseller.
He then surprised everyone with The
Pillars of the Earth, about the building of a cathedral in the Middle Ages,
which continues to captivate millions of readers all over the world and its
long-awaited sequel, World Without End,
was a number one bestseller in the US, UK and Europe. Fall of Giants and Winter of the World are the first
bestselling books in the ‘Century’ trilogy.
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