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The Circle of Gold

Guillaume Prevost

Prevost, Guillaume. The Circle of Gold. Arthur A. Levine Books. New York, NY. 2009.

The Circle of Gold is the third book in The Book of Time fantasy adventure series that came out in 2002. The Circle of Gold continues the story with Clith Jackson coming out of hiding. Guillaume Prevost did a amazing job keeping The Book of Time going without making the story boring. It is great how Guillaume made the characters very detailed. Every page gives a new challenge for the characters, making the book very exciting.

The Circle of Gold continues the Book of Time series when Clith comes out of hiding and notices that the book has worked its magic again and Clith find himself 20 years later. While he was gone the Dricincks leader, Finge (Finge is a demon leader who recently had a scheme to release the raging monsters of the underworld, that when freed would wipe out the human race) fulfilled his plan to release the monsters of the underworld.

As soon as Clith realized that the human race had been wiped out, he goes on a journey that leads him to Leonardo da Vinci living in hiding. Leonardo tells him that he found, back in his day, a ancient Mayan structure called the circle of gold, that he used to travel to to this time of non-humanity.

Clith learns from Leonardo where to find the circle of gold and he leaves to go to the previous Mexico. By Mexico he finds the small island Isle Clarion on which he uses the map that Leonardo gave him. Soon he finds a Mayan temple with markings, which tell of the circle of gold. Clith knows he is at the right place.

Guillaume Prevost’s Book of Time series is and will be treasured by people all throughout time. The series will excite, amaze, and make readers think. Readers will love the new characters and how the old characters become more meaningful and experience more and more emotions. Guillaume Prevost’s The Circle of Gold is a treasure that will be loved for decades to come.

5 out of 5 stars.

Contributed by P. Winer

November 15th, 2011