false 2848984 14 Katherine Neville&#8217;s groundbreaking novel, The Eight, dazzled audiences more than twenty years ago and set the literary stage for the epic thriller. A quest for a mystical chess service that once belonged to Charlemagne, it spans two centuries and three continents, and intertwines historic and modern plots, archaeological treasure hunts, esoteric riddles, and puzzles encrypted with clues from the ancient past. Now the electrifying global adventure continues, in Neville&#8217;s long anticipated sequel: THE FIRE<br><br>2003, Colorado: Alexandra Solarin is summoned home to her family&#8217;s ancestral Rocky Mountain hideaway for her mother&#8217;s birthday. Thirty years ago, her parents, Cat Velis and Alexander Solarin, believed that they had scattered the pieces of the Montglane Service around the world, burying with them the secrets of the power that comes with possessing it. But Alexandra arrives to find that her mother is missing and that a series of strategically placed clues, followed swiftly by the unexpected arrival of a mysterious assortment of houseguests, indicates that something sinister is afoot. <br><br>When she inadvertently discovers from her aunt, the chess grandmaster Lily Rad, that the most powerful piece of Charlemagne&#8217;s service has suddenly resurfaced and the Game has begun again, Alexandra is swept into a journey that takes her from Colorado to the Russian wilderness and at last into the heart of her own hometown: Washington D.C.<br><br>1822, Albania: Thirty years after the French Revolution, when the chess service was unearthed, all of Europe hovers on the brink of the War of Greek Independence. Ali Pasha, the most powerful ruler in the Ottoman Empire, has angered the sultan and is about to be attacked by Turkish forces. Now he sends the only person he can rely upon&#8211;his young daughter, Haidee&#8211;on a dangerous mission to smuggle a valuable relic out of Albania, through the mountains and over the sea, to the hands of the one man who might be able to save it.<br><br>Haidee&#8217;s journey from Albania to Morocco to Rome to Greece, and into the very heart of the Game, will result in revelations about the powerful chess set and its history that will lead at last to the spot where the service was first created more than one thousand years before: Baghdad.<br><br>Blending exquisite prose and captivating history with nonstop suspense, Neville again weaves an unforgettable story of peril, action, and intrigue. 2875107 14 10 2008 The Fire: A Novel total:569|5:41|4:120|3:200|2:145|1:63| 569 1638 1103 216 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 4 4 false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 09:48:14 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 15:25:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 2 3 false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 10:47:49 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 05:23:35 -0700 2008
I wrote earlier: [I've been waiting for this sequel...more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 5 1 false Fri Nov 28 13:19:52 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 13:20:12 -0800 2008
With plotlines taken directly from the headline...more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 2 1 false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 07:12:53 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 07:12:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 1 1 false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 11:29:29 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 21 10:27:55 -0800 2009
I didn't even finish the book, which is rare for me. This was just so painful and tedious to read, I couldn't stand it. There were parts where it seemed like Neville just took her historical research and put it into the mouths of the characters (and I use that term loosely) verba...more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 2 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 28 07:29:04 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 07:41:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu Mar 05 11:08:03 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 11:08:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 2 0 false Tue Jan 06 12:58:53 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 14:49:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 2 0 false Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 31 17:16:19 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 17:16:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 1 0 false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 10:08:52 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 07:07:41 -0700 2009 1 This is the follow up to the well received "The Eight" but in this case the characters were stereotypes. Picture a room full of chess champions that still can have an interesting conversation on ...more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 4 0 false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 12:24:23 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 19:08:45 -0700 2009 The Eight by Katherine Neville, you'll understand why I was excited this evening when I realized I was going to finish reading this book on April 4th. And after years of hearing praise and recommendations for The Eight, I was very excited to read both it and this the sequel. I was d...more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 1 0 false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 19:57:55 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 08:05:07 -0800 2009
Since the predecessor was SO very very good it robs me of any more creat...more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 3 0 false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 13:11:53 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 15:52:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 2 0 false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 23:05:51 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 12:35:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 2 0 false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 07:57:26 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 13:14:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 2 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 27 15:14:10 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 11:01:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 3 0 false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 12 18:13:27 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 18:14:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 1 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 06 21:55:28 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 10:59:44 -0800 2009
It's fairly easy to determine what happened here. Neville had advertised for years that she was working on a sequel to "The Eight," but it never materia...more...]]> 2848984 0345500679 9780345500670 543 207 2.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885924m/2848984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2848984.The_Fire_A_Novel 1 1 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 04:11:42 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 18:01:31 -0700 2008
This book was extremely difficult for me to be engaged with as there were too many characters and the plot seemed somewhat disjointed.

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