I'm sorry, but this mishmash of confusion just doesn't make it. If you want a truly thrilling and suspenseful read, let me suggest the most intriguing "millennium" novel of them all, Glenn Kleier's "The Last Day." It is, without question, a story that will keep you on the edge of your chair till the wee hours of the morning. I honestly couldn't put it down. Exciting and outrageous, with more "Magic" in one page than "Circle" has in 550.