England im Jahre 1327. Es ist der Tag nach Allerheiligen. In der Stadt Kingsbridge trifft sich im Schatten der Kathedrale das Volk. Vier Kinder flüchten vor dem Trubel in den nahe gelegenen Wald. Dort werden sie Zeugen eines Kampfes - und eines tödlichen Geheimnisses. Merthin, ein Nachfahre von Jack Builder, dem Erbauer der Kathedrale, hat dessen Genie und rebellische Natur geerbt. Sein starker Bruder Ralph strebt den Aufstieg in die Ritterschaft...

Mick erkundet mit seinem besten Freund Izzie das Gelände eines alten Filmstudios. Bevor es abgerissen werden soll, wollen sie es noch einmal genauer unter die Lupe nehmen. Aber was sie dort zu sehen bekommen, verschlägt den beiden den Atem...

One hot Monday morning in 1976, Albert Spaggiari had engineered the European crime of the century. A bank president in Nice, France found his vault welded shut - from the inside - with a note left behind that read, "Without guns, without violence, without hate." Spaggiari and his gang of 20 men had dug a 25-foot tunnel from the city's sewer system into the bank, where they spent a weekend cooking meals, drinking wine, and clearing millions of dollars...

“The wonderful cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the greatest achievements of European civilization, was on fire. The sight dazed and disturbed us profoundly. I was on the edge of tears. Something priceless was dying in front of our eyes. The feeling was bewildering, as if the earth was shaking.” —Ken Follett
“[A] treasure of a book.” —The New Yorker
In this short, spellbinding book,...

Set in England during the 1300s, the series chronicles the lives of ordinary citizens as the King leads the nation into the Hundred Years' War with France, all while Europe is bracing for the Black Death. Caris, a visionary woman, and her lover Merthin build a community that stands up to the Crown and the church