Praise for Edge of Eternity
[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
Follett never forgets he is telling a story. The historical events are the backdrop but the characters are the focal point. Good storytellers know this and Follett is an excellent one.
-The Huffington Post
Mesmerizing . . . flowing with spicy, expertly paced melodrama, character-rich exploits, familial histrionics, and international intrigue.
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Worth the wait. . . . Once again, Follett has written pitch-perfect popular fiction that readers will devour.
-Library Journal (starred review)
A glorious conclusion to a remarkable trilogy that is wonderful, exhilarating reading for all ages. Fine, fine historical fiction.
-Historical Novel Society
Follett does an outstanding job of interweaving and personalizing complicated narratives set on a multicultural stage.
-Booklist
Follett . . . knows how to turn in a robust yarn without too much slack . . . a well-written entertainment.
-Kirkus Reviews
A fascinating, sprawling, epic conclusion to Ken Follett's Century Trilogy.
-The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Praise for Winter of the World
This book is truly epic. . . . The reader will probably wish there were a thousand more pages.
-The Huffington Post
Some of the biggest-picture fiction being written today.
-The Seattle Times
Follett's real gifts are those of a natural storyteller: swift, cinematic pacing, the ability to juggle multiple narratives coherently, and an eye for the telling detail . . . a consistently compelling portrait of a world in crisis.
-The Washington Post
Gripping . . . powerful.
-The New York Times
Masterfully sweeping stories . . . political intrigue, amorous episodes, suspense, and drama. History comes to life.
-The Louisville Courier-Journal
Follett is so good at plotting a story, even one that takes on such a complex topic as the World War II era. That's what makes Winter of the World so hard to put down. You want to know what happens next.
-The Associated Press
An entertaining historical soap opera.
-Kirkus Reviews
The man tells a story so well. . . . Follett can make things glow with some beautifully written episodes. . . . If you read Volume I, you'll have to read Volume II. And once you read Volume II, you'll be committed to reading Volume III. See you in a couple of years.
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Clips along at a brisk pace. . . . He knows how to keep the pages turning and how to make the reader feel a kinship with the characters' struggles. . . . No matter the ultimate destination, readers can expect to savor the journey-and agonize while waiting for the final book to arrive.
-The Christian Science Monitor
Praise for Fall of Giants
Follett is masterly in conveying so much drama and historical information so vividly . . . grippingly told.
-The New York Times Book Review
Fall of Giants: Follett at his finest. . . . [a] sweeping epic that will thrill his fans for hours on end.
-The Huffington Post
Follett conjures the winds of war.
-The Washington Post
Tantalizing.
-Newsday
A good read. . . . It's a book that will suck you in, consume you for days or weeks . . . then let you out the other side both entertained and educated.
-USA Today
Follett entwines fiction and factual events well. . . . This is a dark novel, motivated by an unsparing view of human nature and a clear-eyed scrutiny of an ideal peace. It is not the least of Follett's feats that the reader finishes this near thousand-page book intrigued and wanting more.
-Chicago Sun-Times
Follett once again creates a world at once familiar and fantastic. . . . A guiltless pleasure, the book is impossible to put down. . . . Empires fall. Heroes rise. Love conquers. After going through a war with these characters, you're left hoping that Follett gets moving with the next giant installment.
-Time Out
Grand in scope, scale, and story.
-The Associated Press
Suspenseful, tightly constructed, sharply characterized, plot-driven.
-The Seattle Times