Circle of Days (2026)

A sweeping historical novel about one of the worlds greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge. Seft, a talented flint miner, travels across the Great Plain in the heat of high summer to witness the rituals marking the start of a new year, trade his stone at the Midsummer Rite and find Neen, the girl he loves. Neens sister Joia is a priestess with a powerful vision and an extraordinary gift for leadership. As a child, she watches the Midsummer ceremony and dreams of a miraculous monument raised from the largest stones in the world. Her vision of a great stone circle, built by the divided tribes of the Plain, inspires Seft and becomes their lifes work. But drought ravages the land, mistrust grows among the herders, farmers and woodlanders, and an act of savage violence leads to open warfare. Ken Follett explores the ambitions, conflicts and human connections behind the monument that will define a civilisation.