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A review by asaatkamp
The Age of Ra by James Lovegrove
4.0
Wow. I am impressed with this novel. I picked it up because a later in the "series" caught my eye and I decided to start with this one.
The premise is that the in an alternate universe the gods of Egypt vanquished all the other pantheons, mono-and polytheistic, sometime in the early 20th century and have divided the world amongst themselves. But there are squabbles in the heavens and those are reflected on Earth.
The book is about what happens when a man decides to go against the gods.
This could easily have been hokey or just plain dumb, but Mr. Lovegrove manages to pull it off. I am not a student of Egyptology, but from what little I know of the gods their depictions in the book seem fairly accurate; minus the odd colloquialism or two.
This was something different in the SF genre for me and I enjoyed it and am ready to read the others in the series.
The premise is that the in an alternate universe the gods of Egypt vanquished all the other pantheons, mono-and polytheistic, sometime in the early 20th century and have divided the world amongst themselves. But there are squabbles in the heavens and those are reflected on Earth.
The book is about what happens when a man decides to go against the gods.
This could easily have been hokey or just plain dumb, but Mr. Lovegrove manages to pull it off. I am not a student of Egyptology, but from what little I know of the gods their depictions in the book seem fairly accurate; minus the odd colloquialism or two.
This was something different in the SF genre for me and I enjoyed it and am ready to read the others in the series.