The Eight Needs To Be a TV Show

In high school, I loved many, many books, but there are three novels I consider most memorable: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer, and The Eight by Katherine Neville. These were the kinds of books I wanted to write, and still hope to write in the future.

But Neville’s book is the one that stays most in my mind. And I am surprised no one has made a limited series out of this 1988 novel yet. Because it has everything: chess, nuns, computer nerds, the search for the source of ultimate power, mysteries and puzzles, espionage, royalty [from Charlemagne to Catherine the Great to Napoleon], history [from the Medieval Period to the French Revolution], great scientists and artists, car chases, North African sojourns, spirituality, sex, etc. This is basically a Netflix show waiting to happen.