THE GOLDEN CIRCLE is the final volume of Sam Faulkner's thrilling odyssey through time and history: the cycle of The Book of Time comes to an end, with thousands of copies sold in France, the United States, England, Spain, and Brazil. From exuberant medieval Rome to the legendary China of Emperor Qim, San faces an adventure more dangerous than ever: he must face his greatest enemy and find a way to change the course of the past. But is it possible to change time? Will it be possible to see his dead mother again one day? If so, at what cost? The questions posed by the reader in THE CARVED STONE and THE SEVEN COINS will be answered in a surprising finale. On his final journey through different eras, Sam Faulkner managed to escape Bran Castle and free his father from Count Dracula's cells, bringing the Golden Circle to the present. But this doesn't mean his problems are solved: Allan had warned his son that he might not be able to endure the return trip from the Middle Ages; He was already weak and injured, and the heat of time travel could be fatal... Despite everything, his father managed to return to the present. However, he is trapped in a hospital bed, hooked up to electrodes and probes monitoring his vital functions. Before his coma, Allan had asked his son to travel back in time to prevent the accident that killed his mother. By bringing her back, Sam could save his own father's life—who, seeing his wife again, would surely regain his will to live. With the Golden Circle in his possession, he can travel at will from one era to another by combining the bracelet with seven pierced coins and the carved stone. But nothing is that easy: how can he find the right coin to return to the day of his mother's accident? Furthermore, would she agree to come to the present? And what's more: won't altering the timeline have catastrophic consequences? Sam's mission becomes even more complicated when the mysterious hooded man, whom he encountered on his last trip to the past, returns to torment him. To locate the enemy and finish him off once and for all, the hero embarks on a new adventure through History, passing through Ancient China, Rome — in the midst of Charles V's invasion — and even the future!
