The Spire by William Golding

The Spire by William GoldingThere were three sorts of people. Those who ran, those who stayed, and those who were built in. Dean Jocelin has a vision: that God has chosen him to erect a great spire. His master builder fearfully advises against it, for the old cathedral was miraculously built without foundations. But Jocelin is obsessed with fashioning his prayer in stone. As his halo of hair grows wilder and his dark angel darker, the spire rises octagon upon octagon, pinnacle

Annie struggles to find acceptance as she grows

From learning to make fire and using the stars as guides to cooking meals in microwaves and landing on the moon

the Intelligence service appoints two unlikely spies

think their mothers' advice is irrelevant to their modern American lives - until their own inner crises reveal how much they've unknowingly inherited of their mothers' pasts

he was drawn to the holy mountain of Arunachala in southern India

His oldest friend and his oldest enemy

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen

he shares the history of certain foods

America's feelings for Maxon grow stronger

in reality

They cannot know that in Tar Valon far worse awaits

Now its long-awaited sequel digs deeper