![]() ![]() I particularly like the detailed combat strategy unveiled during the several battles. Gods would appreciate this and reward humans with prosperity otherwise eluding them. The alignments would restore the patterns, the cycles of sun and moon would "balance". Priests have considerable power, though most folks are skeptical of them: "So most priests are weak men, but like all men, given some small authority, they become tyrants." The conceit of the book is that the builders of Stonehenge believed they would change the world. The story includes trading trips, to the coast with an ingenious strong man and his huge, loyal, but mentally "slow" son. And a great lust for flesh and power and even gold. ![]() All three men fell in love with the same two women. The plot is narrated from the Point of View of the builder, and his two brothers - a fierce warrior, and a crippled priest. The author is a seasoned writer with a real grip on his craft and the tribal culture of the communities who dug up great stones, carved, hauled and shipped them hundreds of miles, and then up-ended them in a huge circle aligned with the mid-summer sun. ![]() ![]() Excellent work of historical fiction depicting the early Bronze Age (circa 2000 BC) building of Stonehenge in England. ![]()
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