The Second Sleep
Read by
Roy McMillan
Release:
10/29/2019
Runtime:
9h 23m
Quantity:
"[A] future-history thriller. Fabulous, really.”
Evening Standard (London)
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
A London Times Pick of Best New Books of the Season
Longlisted for the Glass Bell Award
From the international bestselling author of Fatherland and Munich, a gripping mystery and a fascinating cautionary tale.
"All civilizations consider themselves invulnerable; history warns us that none is."
1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote English village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts—coins, fragments of glass, human bones—which the old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death?
As Fairfax is drawn more deeply into the isolated community, everything he believes—about himself, his faith and the history of his world—is tested to destruction.
"All civilizations consider themselves invulnerable; history warns us that none is."
1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote English village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts—coins, fragments of glass, human bones—which the old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death?
As Fairfax is drawn more deeply into the isolated community, everything he believes—about himself, his faith and the history of his world—is tested to destruction.
Release:
2019-10-29
Runtime:
9h 23m
Format:
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780735275164
Praise