The Ninth Circle, Brendan Deneen
The Ninth Circle, Brendan Deneen
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The Ninth Circle

Author: Brendan Deneen

Narrator: Curt Bonnem

Unabridged: 6 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2022

Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age

Synopsis

The story of a teenager who runs away with a traveling circus in hopes of finding a better life after becoming enraptured by the bewitching blue eyes of a bearded lady, only to discover that nothing is ever quite what it seemsWhen Dan, sixteen, runs away from a terrible home life to join a circus, he has no idea what he’s getting himself into. Based on Dante’s Inferno, The Ninth Circle follows a young man’s coming-of-age as he travels with the circus through nine states. With the Ringmaster as his guide, Dan finds himself falling in love with the Bearded Lady but hated by almost everyone else, including the Strong Man, the Lion Tamers, and the Sword Swallower. Meanwhile, he discovers that the performers have uncanny abilities and dark secrets, especially the person who’s looking to destroy the circus from within.

About Brendan Deneen

Brendan Deneen, a former Scott Rudin Productions, Miramax/Dimension, and Macmillan Publishing exec, joined Blackstone in 2021 as an editor and launched the company’s in-house film/TV division. Deneen has set up Blackstone intellectual property with Amazon Studios, Netflix, Paramount, NBC/Universal, Lionsgate, AMC, Legendary, Amblin, Imagine, Skydance, Anonymous Content, Range Media, Roadside Attractions, Genre Arts, 6th & Idaho, and Makeready, among others.  As an author, Deneen has had fifteen books published, including Green Arrow: Stranded, Morbius: Blood Ties, Guardians of the Galaxy: Annihilation, Flash Gordon: The Mercy Wars, Alien: Uncivil War, and Night Night, Groot.

About Curt Bonnem

Curt Bonnem is an award-winning, professionally trained multi-media performer, traversing the globe between stage, screen, and booth for almost four decades. From Shakespeare to musical theater, comedy juggling and magic, fronting a rock band to narrating audiobooks, Curt's skills are wide-ranging. With an aptitude for character voices and accents, Curt's storytelling abilities transport the listener and transform text from imagination into reality. In 2019, Curt was selected as Mark Twain Narrator scholarship winner to the Hear Now Festival in Kansas City and mentored by the "Ginger Yoda" and prolific narrator, Sean Allen Pratt.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marvin on July 02, 2014

Three and a half stars. In The Ninth Circle by Brendan Deneen, 16 year old Dan feels forgotten and neglected by his family with the exception of his older brother who torments him constantly. One day he is reluctantly dragged to the circus and become entranced with its mystery. “It’s not lame. It’s......more

Goodreads review by Cassandra on March 03, 2014

REVIEW ALSO ON: [URL not allowed] Brendan Deneen's The Ninth Circle was inspired by the fabulous circus novel Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, as well as the Dante poem The Inferno. With the Ringleader taking on the role of Virgil, he leads teenager Daniel (who has been living a He......more

Goodreads review by Ms. Nikki on August 03, 2016

This is truly a coming of age tale. I couldn't relate to it. I tried really hard to get "into" this read, but I just couldn't. I was always wondering what the big deal was with sending the boy home as his presence created turmoil that could have easily been avoided. The boy's attraction to the bearded......more

Goodreads review by Becky on August 28, 2014

This dark novel follows Dan, a 16-year-old runaway. With an alcoholic dad, a mom who barely acknowledges him as her child, and an abusive older brother, who can blame him for running away? Dan finds refuge with the circus, specifically with the Ringmaster, who takes him on as an assistant. Dan looks......more

Goodreads review by Kris on August 04, 2015

Three and a half stars is what I rate this book. Basically, it is a retelling of "The Inferno" set in a traveling circus. The nine circles are represented by the nine states the circus travels through, starting in Boston, Massachusetts where Daniel, the young runaway joins and is mentored/guided by......more

Quotes

“Very creepy and highly recommended!” Jay Bonansinga, New York Times bestselling coauthor

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