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Edge of Eternity

The Century Trilogy, Book 3

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Edge of Eternity

Written by: Ken Follett
Narrated by: John Lee
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Edge of Eternity is the sweeping, passionate conclusion to Ken Follett's extraordinary historical epic, The Century Trilogy.

Throughout these books, Follett has followed the fortunes of five intertwined families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they make their way through the twentieth century. Now they come to one of the most tumultuous eras of all: the enormous social, political, and economic turmoil of the 1960s through the 1980s, from civil rights, assassinations, mass political movements and Vietnam to the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, presidential impeachment, revolution - and rock and roll.

East German teacher Rebecca Hoffman discovers she's been spied on by the Stasi for years and commits an impulsive act that will affect her family for the rest of their lives. George Jakes, the child of a mixed-race couple, bypasses a corporate law career to join Robert F. Kennedy's Justice Department, and finds himself in the middle not only of the seminal events of the civil rights battle, but a much more personal battle of his own. Cameron Dewar, the grandson of a senator, jumps at the chance to do some official and unofficial espionage for a cause he believes in, only to discover that the world is a much more dangerous place than he'd imagined. Dimka Dvorkin, a young aide to Nikita Khrushchev, becomes a prime agent both for good and for ill as the United States and the Soviet Union race to the brink of nuclear war, while his twin sister, Tania, carves out a role that will take her from Moscow to Cuba to Prague to Warsaw - and into history.

As always with Follett, the historical background is brilliantly researched and rendered, the action fast-moving, the characters rich in nuance and emotion. With the hand of a master, he brings us into a world we thought we knew but now will never seem the same again.

©2014 Ken Follett (P)2014 Penguin Audio
Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Fiction Imperialism Vietnam War War United States Social movement Civil Rights Cold War Self-Determination

What the critics say

"[Follett] is a commanding storyteller who has taken on an impossibly large task and accomplished it with passion, intelligence, and skill. Like its predecessors, Edge of Eternity is a solid, rigorously researched work of popular fiction. It's an honest entertainment that brings back vivid, sometimes painful, memories of the not-too-distant past." (The Washington Post)

"Edge of Eternity is as compulsively readable a mighty page-turner as its two predecessors." (The Seattle Times)

"Hugely ambitious, the trilogy serves as a massive history lesson as well as an example of good, old-fashioned storytelling." (The New York Daily News)

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what an ending

a great capstone to an amazing trilogy. the reader, the narrative, all a+ in my book

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Epic

Another amazing story from Ken Follett! This series is another captivating exploration of recent history. John Lee’s narration is stunning as usual.

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Follett Never Disappoints

You know what you get when you dive into these epic books! I loved them all. The reader is a little too mechanical/ Stuccato in his his delivery but the story seems to take over to cover that issue. If you like historical fiction you will love these. I learned quite a lot as well.

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A truly terrific trilogy!

When I started this trilogy I thought it looked like it was going to be really long, but it turned out to end too quickly. Highly recommended to anyone looking for a great and entertaining story and a bit of history.

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excellent final installment.

great book, as always

download quality was sketchy though which disrupted the flow a few times.

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wonderful

Finishing the series saddened me because I can no longer visit with these characters daily anymore. The series was well written and the narrator was awesome to listen to.

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Excellent series

Thoroughly enjoyed the story and for the most part the performance. My only complaint would be that when John Lee portrays the women characters he makes them sound like breathless airheads. It took me until the last book to figure out what was bothering me. Other than that his accents are very good and so is the reading.

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An eternity to finish

Too long!!!
Easy to follow between countries and characters. Super detail of behind the scenes events, but takes an eternity to finish!

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Entertaining, but not as good as the first two.

John Lee is a fantastic reader who really brings the characters to life. Ken Follet does a great job of mixing history and fiction.

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the story of history

what a journey and what a story about humanity, human society an human emotions

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