The Great War has ended at last. Archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, the distinguished Egyptologist, no longer fear for the life of their daring son, Ramses, now free from his dangerous wartime obligations to British Intelligence. Delightful new additions to the growing Emerson family and new wonders waiting to be discovered beneath the shifting Egyptian sands mark a time of new beginnings in Luxor.
However, the theft of valuable antiquities from the home of a friend -- including a magnificent gold bracelet adorned with the image of the goddess Hathor -- causes great concern. Ramses's encounter with a woman costumed in the veil and gold crown of Hathor herself only deepens the mystery.
With those in her circle suddenly plagued by a series of "accidents," Amelia attempts to connect these troubling threads into a pattern. But her investigation is setting her on a collision course with an adversary more formidable than any she has ever encountered.
Performed by Barbara Rosenblat.
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"As always with this series, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The mystery was mysterious and kept me guessing till the end. Sethos' daughter turns up again. Is she a villain or has she changed her ways? " — Bonnie (4 out of 5 stars)
"As always with this series, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The mystery was mysterious and kept me guessing till the end. Sethos' daughter turns up again. Is she a villain or has she changed her ways? "
" I had to take a break from this one for a while, but when I came back, I was so glad to be with Amelia & Co. again. "
" over 450 eagerly turned pages "
" A nice visit with old friends. I love this series. Amelia Peabody is such a great character. This time around the cavalcade of characters and their subplots was a bit overwhelming. But still a bit of fun for my roundtrip flight to Vegas. "
" Everyone is in this one!! Absolutely everyone!! Many plot lines finally tied together -- great suspense, true danger, loyalty, betrayal, romance -- very little archaeology. "
" Another fantastic adventure of the Emerson clan performed for audiobook by the incomparable Barbara Rosenblat. I just can't get enough! "
" Once again, I dip into a series at a stage where nothing really makes sense if you don't have the backstory. I think I might like the beginning of this series, but I think I need to read something else for a while before tackling it. "
" This was given to me by Jack, Rich's friend. I read it but don't think I'll do more of this series. It takes place in Egypt which was interesting, but her style is too slow. "
" Pretty darn good. Everyone is getting settled in. It's a little like the calm right before the denouement. "
" Another reasonable installment in the Amelia Peabody series. I thought the "bad guys" were a little more obvious in this story compared to some of her others. But by the 15th book in a series.... "
" I like the meaning behind the term, "Children of the storm". "
" I've been trying for ages to remember which book had the dahabeya "chase" in it! Hooray! def. one of the BEST! "
" Elizabeth Peters does a great job of keeping Amelia Peabody and her family from getting stale. She manages to find strange people and suspense for the family while letting them age. "
" Favorite quote: Sethos let out a faint groan. "I had better get--er--good old Badger back to the house," I said, giving him a hard look. "
Elizabeth Peters (1927–2013) was a pen name of Barbara Mertz, who earned her PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. Over the course of her fifty-year career she wrote more than seventy mystery and suspense novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt, of which many were New York Times bestsellers. She was the recipient of numerous writing awards, including grandmaster and lifetime achievement awards from the Mystery Writers of America, Malice Domestic, and Bouchercon. In 2012 she was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor and named after her major fictional character, at the Malice Domestic convention. She also wrote books under the names Barbara Mertz and Barbara Michaels.
Barbara Rosenblat, one of the most awarded narrators in the business, was selected by AudioFile magazine as one of the Golden Voices of the Twentieth Century. She has received the prestigious Audie Award multiple times and has earned more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards. She has also appeared in film, television, and theater, both in London’s West End and on Broadway.
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