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eososray's review
4.0
Sadly, this is the last book in my favorite Egyptian series. Lieutenant Bak’s last adventure takes him on a dangerous trip through the desert and in search of a missing explorer.
While I missed some of the regular characters that have been in the previous books, this story had sufficient breadth and action to keep my attention and have me wishing there were more.
While I missed some of the regular characters that have been in the previous books, this story had sufficient breadth and action to keep my attention and have me wishing there were more.
plantbirdwoman's review
4.0
This was the best book in this series so far. Lauren Haney's skills at plotting and drawing her characters seem to improve with each new entry.
In this story, Lieutenant Bak is enlisted by his commander on behalf of one of the commander's friends to go into the forbidding desert to search for the friend's son who has disappeared there. The man was an adventurer who loved the desert and the nomads who live there and who had spent some time there searching for gold and other precious minerals. The rumor is that he found them and the fear is that he was killed because of that find.
Bak sets out with a few of his Medjay and a guide of questionable character who also served as a guide for the missing man. Almost immediately, they encounter trouble and a mystery when they find an unknown man slain in the desert. They subsequently join forces with another group that is crossing the forbidding territory and further mayhem ensues.
Three more men die violently, including one of Bak's Medjays, and Bak becomes aware that the group is being followed, shadowed by a lone man who stays just out of their reach. Is he the murderer or is there some other purpose to his interest in the group?
Once again, Bak faces dangers as he is kidnapped and as attempts are made on his life. Where will it all end? Will Bak get his man once again? Can there truly be any doubt?
Okay, I've spent enough time in Hatshepsut's Egypt for now. Time to move on to something completely different for my next read, I think. But I'm sure I'll be back.
In this story, Lieutenant Bak is enlisted by his commander on behalf of one of the commander's friends to go into the forbidding desert to search for the friend's son who has disappeared there. The man was an adventurer who loved the desert and the nomads who live there and who had spent some time there searching for gold and other precious minerals. The rumor is that he found them and the fear is that he was killed because of that find.
Bak sets out with a few of his Medjay and a guide of questionable character who also served as a guide for the missing man. Almost immediately, they encounter trouble and a mystery when they find an unknown man slain in the desert. They subsequently join forces with another group that is crossing the forbidding territory and further mayhem ensues.
Three more men die violently, including one of Bak's Medjays, and Bak becomes aware that the group is being followed, shadowed by a lone man who stays just out of their reach. Is he the murderer or is there some other purpose to his interest in the group?
Once again, Bak faces dangers as he is kidnapped and as attempts are made on his life. Where will it all end? Will Bak get his man once again? Can there truly be any doubt?
Okay, I've spent enough time in Hatshepsut's Egypt for now. Time to move on to something completely different for my next read, I think. But I'm sure I'll be back.
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