The Quest
by:
Wilbur Smith (author)
Egypt has been struck by a series of terrible plagues, killing its crops and crippling its people. Then the ultimate disaster befalls the kingdom: The Nile fails.In desperation, the Pharaoh sends the warlock Taita, wise in the lore of the gods and a master of magic and the supernatural. But not...
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Egypt has been struck by a series of terrible plagues, killing its crops and crippling its people. Then the ultimate disaster befalls the kingdom: The Nile fails.In desperation, the Pharaoh sends the warlock Taita, wise in the lore of the gods and a master of magic and the supernatural. But not even he could have imagined what terrible enemy waits in ambush in those dark lands at the end of their world. Now it’s up to Taita to save Egypt—before the end of the world’s most glorious civilization draws near.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312947491 (0312947496)
ASIN: 312947496
Publish date: February 5th 2008
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pages no: 736
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Cultural,
Africa,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Action,
Egypt,
African Literature,
Egyptian Literature
Series: Ancient Egypt (#4)
Completamente diverso dai precedenti volumi della saga egizia, questo più che un romanzo storico è quasi un fantasy... Magie, incantesimi e vari eventi soprannaturali sono la spina dorsale della trama. Lo stesso Taita, il mitico Longevo dall'intelletto acuto, che ricordiamo come poeta, scrittore, ar...
Pharoah sends for Taita, the only man who might be able to win through to the source of the Nile and discover the cause of all their woes. Lots of man-root action, and way too Blavatsky-esque for comfortable reading. No wonder I couldn't recall the storyline here.Re-read encounter drops this down to...
This was probably the worst of the Egyptian novels. It was still good, but it just wasn't up to Smith's general standard.
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