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Date Posted: 16:25:39 12/02/05 Fri
Author: Syl
Subject: The Eight

Again, we have one from Tracy G. Well done, tracy! You done good!




TITLE: The Eight

AUTHOR: Katherine Neville

GENRE: Fiction/Fantasy/Adventure


The Eight takes place in two different time periods,
1972 and 1790, but are connected through the storyline .
The two main female characters are Catherine Velis in
1972 and Mireille de Remy in 1790.

The story revolves around chess and specifically an
ancient chess service owned by Charlemagne in France.
It holds a powerful secret code and if the whole set
falls into evil hands then the world is in trouble.
It must always be kept away from those who want to use
the service's secret for the wrong reasons.

The chess set was buried for thousands of years but had to be
unearthed and the pieces scattered around the world to
protect the secret. The collection and hiding of the
pieces is called the Game and sometimes the players
don't know that they are playing.

Some historical events and figures are entwined
throughout the story. There is suspense, travels
around the globe, thrills, espionage, murder and a
little love that makes solving the puzzle rather
exciting.

The first half of the book lays the groundwork and at
times I felt very anxious for the story to move on
because I was just dying to know what the secret was.
Obviously the story does move on and I really enjoyed
the latter half of the book.

There is a lot in this book and I struggle with what
to write in this 'musing' because 1) I don't want to
give anything away 2) There is so much to discover
and I want readers to discover it on their own.

I really hope you enjoy The Eight.

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[> I read this book last summer and quite liked it. By coincidence the two books I read before The Eight also dealed with chess, so that was a little unfortunate as I got a bit bored with the whole chess intrigue (I don't care for chess...). But I liked the characters and the story. -- Pat, 17:38:39 12/04/05 Sun


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[> I think this is one of those "cranial" books that you have to really pay attention with to follow what is going on and how things are connected. I thought it was pretty good with a surprise ending. Interesting book. -- AngieB, 16:11:34 12/08/05 Thu


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[> Before I found DG this was among the top 5 of my "alltime favorites" list. It must've been more than 15 years now since I've read it! -- Antje, 09:31:31 12/15/05 Thu


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[> Tracy, this sounds awesome!!!!!! -- Noelle, 19:05:15 12/15/05 Thu


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[> This sounds fascinating, thanks for the review (sorry I'm so late replying) -- Margy, 00:37:59 12/29/05 Thu


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[> I read this book a couple of years ago, and enjoyed it too, Tracyg. Neville has another one out - (big help i am, I can't even recall the title right now) - that is nowhere near as good. -- annieo, 20:43:01 01/14/06 Sat


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[> This was a great read that I enjoyed very much a few years ago! I'm so glad you wrote about it cos I had forgotten the exact title ! -- Lolkate, 07:14:55 01/23/06 Mon

I haven't been over here for aeons! Must come over more often! How is Monty, Sylvia???


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