Book 35: The Fire by Katherine Neville

I bought this book at a library sale. I had read The Eight several years ago by the same author. I learned that The Fire is a sequel to The Eight. The issue was I didn't remember the The Eight at all.  

I liked The Fire, but I think it was needlessly complicated. Too many characters across too many centuries, too many plot twists, too many "returns from the dead." In the "too much" category, my reaction to this book is similar to my reaction of Crimson Shore by Preston & Child which I read in 2020.