Annotation
In 2010, Follett launched "The Century Trilogy" with the No. 1 New York Times best seller Fall of Giants, which traced the lives of five interrelated families-American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh-through the early years of the 20th century. A daunting book, but most readers will be back for this follow-up, featuring the same families but moving them along to the rise of the Third Reich and World War II.
Characters
| Name | von Ulrich, Carla |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Freedom fighter |
| Traits | German |
| English | |
| Name | Dewar, Woody |
| Gender | Male |
| Trait | American |
| Name | Dewar, Chuck |
| Gender | Male |
| Trait | American |
| Name | Williams, Lloyd |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Student |
| Trait | English |
| Name | Peshkov, Daisy |
| Gender | Female |
| Traits | American |
| Socialite | |
| Genre | Fiction Historical Epic Saga --Family |
| Topics | Spanish Civil War World War II Atomic bomb development Brothers Nazis Secrets Communism Fascism Life changes Cousins |
| Setting | Germany England |